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Vaughan's grandmother lives in an isolated coastal town, and when he is sent to spend the holidays with her, he longs to join the local gang of boys, but to do so depends on him surviving a terrifying swimming ritual.
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Shortlisted in 1998 for the Christian Schools Book Award (CSBA). The award for a primary winner and a secondary winner originated at Kingsway Christian College in Western Australia. The years the award was active are unknown.
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- Also braille and sound recording.
Works about this Work
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New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature : Utopian Transformations
Houndmills
:
Palgrave Macmillan
,
2008
Z1559477
2008
selected work
criticism
'New World Orders shows how texts for children and young people have responded to the cultural, economic, and political movements of the last 15 years. With a focus on international children's texts produced between 1988 and 2006, the authors discuss how utopian and dystopian tropes are pressed into service to project possible futures to child readers. The book considers what these texts have to say about globalisation, neocolonialism, environmental issues, pressures on families and communities, and the idea of the posthuman.' - Back cover.
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[Review] Rift
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 13 no. 3 1998; (p. 38)
— Review of Rift 1998 single work novel -
[Review] Rift
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 42 no. 4 1998; (p. 28)
— Review of Rift 1998 single work novel -
'Rift' by Libby Hathorn
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 6 no. 3 1998; (p. 28)
— Review of Rift 1998 single work novel -
Chilling Tale
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 201 1998; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Rift 1998 single work novel ; Killing Darcy 1998 single work novel
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[Review] Rift
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 42 no. 4 1998; (p. 28)
— Review of Rift 1998 single work novel -
[Review] Rift
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 13 no. 3 1998; (p. 38)
— Review of Rift 1998 single work novel -
Teen Beat
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 May 1998; (p. 9)
— Review of Rift 1998 single work novel ; Killing Darcy 1998 single work novel -
Paperbacks
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 May 1998; (p. 8)
— Review of Rift 1998 single work novel -
Chilling Tale
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 201 1998; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Rift 1998 single work novel ; Killing Darcy 1998 single work novel -
y
New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature : Utopian Transformations
Houndmills
:
Palgrave Macmillan
,
2008
Z1559477
2008
selected work
criticism
'New World Orders shows how texts for children and young people have responded to the cultural, economic, and political movements of the last 15 years. With a focus on international children's texts produced between 1988 and 2006, the authors discuss how utopian and dystopian tropes are pressed into service to project possible futures to child readers. The book considers what these texts have to say about globalisation, neocolonialism, environmental issues, pressures on families and communities, and the idea of the posthuman.' - Back cover.
Awards
- 1999 commended Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature — Older Readers
- 1999 winner SWW Book Awards — Children — Children
- 1998 shortlisted Christian Schools Book of the Year Awards
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