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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Surfing for Wayan and Other Stories
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* Contents derived from the Charnwood, Belconnen area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Ginninderra Press , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Surfing for Wayan, Steve Tolbert , single work short story young adult
Thirteen-year-old Jacob's brother Joey visits Bali for a surfing trip and is killed in the 2002 Bali bombings. Jacob and his father go to Bali to locate Joey's body. There they meet Agung, whose own son, Wayan, was also killed in the blast. Four years later, Jacob returns to Bali.
 (p. 7-31)
Summits, Steve Tolbert , single work short story young adult
'Lhotse speaks by cell phone to her father who's dying in a blizzard on Mount Everest. Three months later she walks up Nepal's Everest Track to view that mountain and share her thoughts' (back cover blurb).
 (p. 33-42)
Remembering Nurila, Steve Tolbert , single work short story young adult
'A young Afghan reflects on the event that spurred him into becoming a suicide bomber' (source: back cover).
 (p. 45-47)
Tunnelling Cu Chi, Steve Tolbert , single work short story young adult
A Tasmanian boy whose grandfather died in the Vietnam War visits the Cu Chi tunnels in Vietnam, from which the Viet Cong conducted some of their campaign. On the tour, he meets up with a Vietnamese-Australian girl and an American man, both of whom have their own connections to the tunnels.
 (p. 49-70)
Another Door, Steve Tolbert , single work short story young adult
'A friendship develops between a panic-struck girl going for her first driver's licence and an old widower who's obliged to renew his licence annually' (source: back cover).
 (p. 73-80)
Sandy Heads, Steve Tolbert , single work short story young adult
'During the bombing of Baghdad a young Iraqi-Australian boy struggles to make sense of media headlines' (source: back cover).
 (p. 83-90)
Fishing Manhattan, Steve Tolbert , single work short story young adult
'After his granddad dies, a boy learns that places change and it's important to love what you have' (source: back cover).
 (p. 93-102)
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Works about this Work

Untitled Christian Mondeil , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 20 no. 3 2006; (p. 55)
— Review of Surfing for Wayan and Other Stories Steve Tolbert , 2006 selected work short story
Untitled Bill Tully , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , March no. 17 2006; (p. 36-39)
— Review of Surfing for Wayan and Other Stories Steve Tolbert , 2006 selected work short story
Untitled Bill Tully , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , March no. 17 2006; (p. 36-39)
— Review of Surfing for Wayan and Other Stories Steve Tolbert , 2006 selected work short story
Untitled Christian Mondeil , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 20 no. 3 2006; (p. 55)
— Review of Surfing for Wayan and Other Stories Steve Tolbert , 2006 selected work short story
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