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The greenies came to town today. They reckon they’re going to stop the logging. It’s real weird, but part of me wants them to win. I mean, I want the forest to live. But if the logging stops, my home town will die. Dad will lose his job, and I’ll never get one. What am I going to do? (Yeah — whose side are you on, Col?)
Seventeen-year-old Colum leads a double life. In public he hangs out with the town gang, but in private he escapes to his secret place in the forest. When conservationists come to his area, Col is torn between opposing forces, and soon ends up at the centre of a dramatic confrontation.
This tough novel for mature young adults reveals something of the struggle we all face when life challenges us to discover who we are. (Source: Author's website)
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Torn Between Two Worlds
1998
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criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 17 February 1998; (p. A18) -
Nadia Wheatley : 'A Perspective Lent by Time'
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 217-226) -
Coming to Terms with Conflict
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 26 August 1997; (p. 13) -
Colum the Confused
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 June 1996; (p. 7)
— Review of The Blooding 1987 single work novel -
The Stare's Empty Nest : Some Views on Four Writers
1993
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 8 no. 4 1993; (p. 20-22)
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Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 3 no. 3 1988; (p. 33)
— Review of The Blooding 1987 single work novel -
Teenagers : Irish Stew and Light Desserts
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 June, 1988; (p. 11)
— Review of The Blooding 1987 single work novel ; So Much to Tell You 1987 single work novel -
Wide Range of Concerns in These Novels for Teens
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 March 1990; (p. B4)
— Review of The Blooding 1987 single work novel -
Colum the Confused
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 June 1996; (p. 7)
— Review of The Blooding 1987 single work novel -
Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 32 no. 4 1988; (p. 53)
— Review of The Blooding 1987 single work novel -
Know the Author : Nadia Wheatley
1988
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 3 no. 4 1988; (p. 16-17) -
Eating Bananas Underwater
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 4 no. 3 1989; (p. 5-10) -
The Moral Stance in the Books of Paterson and Wheatley
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 4 no. 4 1989; (p. 5-9) Dr. Veronica Brady talks about the moral and ethical stance of American author Katherine Paterson and Australian author Nadia Wheatly as seen in their works. -
The Stare's Empty Nest : Some Views on Four Writers
1993
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 8 no. 4 1993; (p. 20-22) -
Torn Between Two Worlds
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 17 February 1998; (p. A18)