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'I hate that wall, Every time I go for a bike-ride, Mum says, "Stay within the walls". So I ride around in circles. Like a circus animal.
'It's a prison. A prison for kids. Dumb things become important when you're old. At least that's what Tom reckons: like living in a guarded gated community, filling the three spare rooms with a bottle top collection or secretly belly dancing while everyone's out. When Tom meets Cleo the snake charmer, together they break-out, discover a bull that hasn't become a hamburger, visit tom's forbidden grandfather and catch and boil yabbies by Murchison Creek.
'Another funny, quirky adventure about friendship, families and saving the world, from popular award-winning storyteller Steven Herrick.' (Publication summary)
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Novel in verse form.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 2003
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 47 no. 3 2003; (p. 2-12) -
[Review] Tom Jones Saves the World
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 47 no. 1 2003; (p. 20)
— Review of Tom Jones Saves the World 2002 single work children's fiction -
Steven Herrick
Jane Campbell
(interviewer),
2003
single work
interview
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 23 no. 7 2003; (p. 10-12) -
Young Reviewers of the Year
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 August 2003; (p. 4)
— Review of Tom Jones Saves the World 2002 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Tom Jones Saves the World
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 August 2003; (p. 7)
— Review of Tom Jones Saves the World 2002 single work children's fiction
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Children's Book Council of Australia : Review of Short-Listed Books 2003
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 23 no. 5 2003; (p. 6-17)
— Review of The Girl from the Sea 2002 single work novel ; Painted Love Letters 2002 single work children's fiction ; The Song of an Innocent Bystander 2002 single work novel ; Walking Naked 2002 single work novel ; Njunjul the Sun 2002 single work novel ; The Messenger 2002 single work novel ; Where in the World 2002 single work children's fiction ; Rain May and Captain Daniel 2002 single work children's fiction ; Horrendo's Curse 2002 single work children's fiction ; Tom Jones Saves the World 2002 single work children's fiction ; The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley (Who Planned to Live an Unusual Life) 2002 single work children's fiction ; The Barrumbi Kids 2002 single work children's fiction ; The Potato People 2001 single work picture book ; Guess the Baby 2002 single work picture book ; Too Loud Lily 2002 single work picture book ; A Year on Our Farm 2002 single work picture book ; Bear and Chook 2002 single work picture book ; Playmates 2002 single work picture book ; Old Tom's Holiday 2002 single work picture book ; Jethro Byrde, Fairy Child 2002 single work picture book ; In Flanders Fields 2002 single work picture book ; Diary of a Wombat 2002 single work picture book ; Awesome! : Australian Art for Contemporary Kids 2002 single work information book ; The Mighty Murray 2002 single work non-fiction ; Discover and Learn About Australian Forests and Woodlands 2002 single work information book ; Iron in the Blood : Convicts and Commandants in Colonial Australia 2002 single work information book ; Black Snake : The Daring of Ned Kelly 2002 single work biography ; Endangered! Working to Save Animals at Risk 2002 single work information book -
[Review] Tom Jones Saves the World
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 August 2003; (p. 7)
— Review of Tom Jones Saves the World 2002 single work children's fiction -
Young Reviewers of the Year
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 August 2003; (p. 4)
— Review of Tom Jones Saves the World 2002 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Tom Jones Saves the World
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 47 no. 1 2003; (p. 20)
— Review of Tom Jones Saves the World 2002 single work children's fiction -
Book Reviews
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 15 October 2002; (p. 4)
— Review of Tom Jones Saves the World 2002 single work children's fiction -
Steven Herrick
Jane Campbell
(interviewer),
2003
single work
interview
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 23 no. 7 2003; (p. 10-12) -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 2003
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 47 no. 3 2003; (p. 2-12)
Awards
- 2003 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Younger Readers
- 2003 shortlisted Children's Peace Literature Award