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y separately published work icon The Rat and the Raven single work   novel   fantasy   young adult  
Is part of Stormbringer Kerry Greenwood , 2005 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Rat and the Raven
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'In a not-too-distant future, where humanity has been almost destroyed, Bran the Raven and his band of revolutionaries set out to defeat the evil ruler known as the Rat and rescue three of their colleagues from slavery. Prophecies of blood and uprising foreshadow their journey to the Kingdom of the Rat, but neither the Raven nor the Rat can have any idea of the storm that threatens to engulf and destroy them both'. Source: online bookseller.

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    • South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Lothian , 2005 .
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      Extent: 240p.
      ISBN: 0734408080
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y separately published work icon "Surviving" Adolescence : Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Transformations In Young Adult Fiction Anna Whateley , Kelvin Grove : 2010 Z1761971 2010 single work thesis

'This study, entitled "Surviving" Adolescence: Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic transformations in young adult fiction", analyses how discourses surrounding the apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic are represented in selected young adult fiction published between 1997 and 2009. The term ―apocalypse‖ is used by current theorists to refer to an uncovering or disclosure (most often a truth), and post-apocalypse means to be after a disclosure, after a revelation, or after catastrophe.

'This study offers a double reading of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic discourses, and the dialectical tensions that are inherent in, and arise from, these discourses. Drawing on the current scholarship of children‘s and young adult literature this thesis uses post-structural theoretical perspectives to develop a framework and methodology for conducting a close textual analysis of exclusion, un-differentiation, prophecy, and simulacra of death. The combined theoretical perspectives and methodology offer new contributions to young adult fiction scholarship.

'This thesis finds that rather than conceiving adolescence as the endurance of a passing phase of a young person‘s life, there is a new trend emerging in young adult fiction that treats adolescence as a space of transformation essential to the survival of the young adult, and his/her community.'

Source: QUT ePrints.
Untitled Emily Meldrum , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 14 no. 1 2006; (p. 40-41)
— Review of The Rat and the Raven Kerry Greenwood , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Pamela Buselich , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 3 2005; (p. 32)
— Review of The Rat and the Raven Kerry Greenwood , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Judith James , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 49 no. 4 2005; (p. 35)
— Review of The Rat and the Raven Kerry Greenwood , 2005 single work novel
Grave New Worlds Karen Brooks , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 276 2005; (p. 61-62)
— Review of Snow Wings Jutta Goetze , 2005 single work children's fiction ; The Rat and the Raven Kerry Greenwood , 2005 single work novel ; Dogboy Victor Kelleher , 2005 single work novel
Take Three Colin Steele , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 25 September 2005; (p. 14)
— Review of Across the Wall : A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories Garth Nix , 2005 selected work short story novella ; The Rat and the Raven Kerry Greenwood , 2005 single work novel ; Rosa and the Veil of Gold Kim Wilkins , 2005 single work novel
Grave New Worlds Karen Brooks , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 276 2005; (p. 61-62)
— Review of Snow Wings Jutta Goetze , 2005 single work children's fiction ; The Rat and the Raven Kerry Greenwood , 2005 single work novel ; Dogboy Victor Kelleher , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Judith James , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 49 no. 4 2005; (p. 35)
— Review of The Rat and the Raven Kerry Greenwood , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Emily Meldrum , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 14 no. 1 2006; (p. 40-41)
— Review of The Rat and the Raven Kerry Greenwood , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Pamela Buselich , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 3 2005; (p. 32)
— Review of The Rat and the Raven Kerry Greenwood , 2005 single work novel
y separately published work icon "Surviving" Adolescence : Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Transformations In Young Adult Fiction Anna Whateley , Kelvin Grove : 2010 Z1761971 2010 single work thesis

'This study, entitled "Surviving" Adolescence: Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic transformations in young adult fiction", analyses how discourses surrounding the apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic are represented in selected young adult fiction published between 1997 and 2009. The term ―apocalypse‖ is used by current theorists to refer to an uncovering or disclosure (most often a truth), and post-apocalypse means to be after a disclosure, after a revelation, or after catastrophe.

'This study offers a double reading of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic discourses, and the dialectical tensions that are inherent in, and arise from, these discourses. Drawing on the current scholarship of children‘s and young adult literature this thesis uses post-structural theoretical perspectives to develop a framework and methodology for conducting a close textual analysis of exclusion, un-differentiation, prophecy, and simulacra of death. The combined theoretical perspectives and methodology offer new contributions to young adult fiction scholarship.

'This thesis finds that rather than conceiving adolescence as the endurance of a passing phase of a young person‘s life, there is a new trend emerging in young adult fiction that treats adolescence as a space of transformation essential to the survival of the young adult, and his/her community.'

Source: QUT ePrints.
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