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Mike's next-door neighbour is Lance Loosley, nicknamed Loser at school because he's so unpopular. Loser tells Mike that a run-down building is being as a laboratory to run dangerous experiments. Although Mike doesn't believe him, he has to think again when Loser smashes a tube he claims contains a deadly virus. Ages 10-12.
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Dark Wind Blowing
2021
single work
drama
'Lance Loosely wants nothing more than to fit in with his peers at school, but when his classmates push him too far, he seeks revenge by releasing a deadly virus into the classroom. Will Jazz and Mike find out the truth, before it is too late?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Also available as a sound recording.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 2 2002; (p. 23)
— Review of Dark Wind Blowing 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 45 no. 4 2001; (p. 43)
— Review of Dark Wind Blowing 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies: Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 16 no. 4 2001; (p. 33)
— Review of Dark Wind Blowing 2001 single work novel -
Exploring Sources of Evil
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 October 2001; (p. 18)
— Review of Poison Under Their Lips 2001 single work novel ; Dark Wind Blowing 2001 single work novel ; Red Heart 2001 single work novel -
Children's Paperbacks
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 October 2001; (p. 21)
— Review of Dark Wind Blowing 2001 single work novel ; Adults Only 2001 single work children's fiction ; Jamil's Shadow 'Aoi Kashima' (translator), 2001 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 45 no. 4 2001; (p. 43)
— Review of Dark Wind Blowing 2001 single work novel -
Children's Paperbacks
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 October 2001; (p. 21)
— Review of Dark Wind Blowing 2001 single work novel ; Adults Only 2001 single work children's fiction ; Jamil's Shadow 'Aoi Kashima' (translator), 2001 single work children's fiction -
Exploring Sources of Evil
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 October 2001; (p. 18)
— Review of Poison Under Their Lips 2001 single work novel ; Dark Wind Blowing 2001 single work novel ; Red Heart 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies: Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 16 no. 4 2001; (p. 33)
— Review of Dark Wind Blowing 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 2 2002; (p. 23)
— Review of Dark Wind Blowing 2001 single work novel
Awards
- 2003 shortlisted Children's Peace Literature Award
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