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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Army of the Pure
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A group of boys uncover a plot to blow up the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor in Sydney.

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First known date: ca. 2007
Notes:
This book was to have been published in early 2007 by Scholastic Australia. In late 2006 Scholastic decided not to proceed with publication when booksellers and library suppliers expressed concern that the book featured a Muslim terrorist.
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Works about this Work

Untitled Jean Ferguson , 2007 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April/May vol. 86 no. 8 2007; (p. 4)
Opinion : Perils of Self-Censorship 2006 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 November 2006; (p. 19)
Opinion : Clarification 2006 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian , 28 November 2006; (p. 17)
PC Book Ban is Ridiculous Karen Brooks , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 November 2006; (p. 32)
Boy's Own Censorship 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 November 2006; (p. 18)
Islamic Fears Kill off Children's Thriller Murray Waldren , Jodie Minus , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 November 2006; (p. 5) Waldren and Minus report on Scholastic Australia's decision not to proceed with publication of John Dale's Army of the Pure. Scholastic made its decision when booksellers and library suppliers expressed concern that the book featured a Muslim terrorist.
Boy's Own Censorship 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 November 2006; (p. 18)
PC Book Ban is Ridiculous Karen Brooks , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 November 2006; (p. 32)
Untitled Jean Ferguson , 2007 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April/May vol. 86 no. 8 2007; (p. 4)
Opinion : Clarification 2006 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian , 28 November 2006; (p. 17)
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