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y separately published work icon Shadowdancers single work   novel   young adult   fantasy  
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Shadowdancers
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'Merimba and Pirry are twins in appearance and character, living in two different worlds. Merimba is a quadriplegic whose condition has dragged her family apart. She is in a coma. Pirry is a Valourn, an acrobatic dancer in the land of Rargon. When Merimba flees her body a switch is made.'

Source: Readings.

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Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Quadriplegia.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1994 .
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      Extent: 236p.
      ISBN: 0207182051
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  • Also sound recording.
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Works about this Work

Untitled Barbara Hyde , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 8 no. 2 1994; (p. 33)
— Review of Shadowdancers Sally Odgers , 1994 single work novel
Untitled Margot Nelmes , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 38 no. 4 1994; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Shadowdancers Sally Odgers , 1994 single work novel
From the Word Go : Books for Younger Readers Stephen Matthews , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 164 1994; (p. 67-68)
Untitled Margot Nelmes , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 38 no. 4 1994; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Shadowdancers Sally Odgers , 1994 single work novel
Untitled Barbara Hyde , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 8 no. 2 1994; (p. 33)
— Review of Shadowdancers Sally Odgers , 1994 single work novel
From the Word Go : Books for Younger Readers Stephen Matthews , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 164 1994; (p. 67-68)
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