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'I'd grown up being told that if I found myself tempted to behave in an unkind way, I just had to ask myself, "What would Jesus do?" And then do that. Something hard pinged off the back of my seat and bounced down the aisle. So the question was, what would Jesus do if the Jameson sisters started chucking Jaffas at his head?
'It is 1984 and fifteen-year-old Hester Jones is not having a good year. Her best friend has moved away and, even though Natalie and Lynda are allowing her to hang out with them, Hester's struggling to keep up with her cool new friends. Plus, she has the most embarrassing dad in the world, who's never, ever going to let her go to the birthday bash Natalie's planning. Worst of all, her Science teacher's making her work on a project about evolution with that weird Joshua Mason...
'When everything goes wrong and the world stops making sense, Hester has to decide: is it better to be a sheep, or a goat?' (Publisher's blurb)
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it contains an Indian-Australian main character and is recommended by the Asia Education Foundation.
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Wanted : Frustrated Writers!
2009
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— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , December 2009 / January 2010 no. 188 2009; (p. 7) Kirsty Eagar and Michelle Cooper tell Oliver Phommavanh what their mentorships with the Children's Book Council of Australia's Frustrated Writing Program meant in advancing their work to publication stage. -
Historical Fanatasy
2008
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— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 43 no. 3 2008; (p. 91-92) -
In Country Towns
2008
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— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 43 no. 2 2008; (p. 90-91)
— Review of Cold Skin 2007 single work novel ; Town 2007 selected work short story ; The Rage of Sheep 2007 single work novel -
YA Fiction
2008
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— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , April no. 1 2008; (p. 20)
— Review of The Rage of Sheep 2007 single work novel -
Untitled
2007
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— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 21 no. 3 2007; (p. 23)
— Review of The Rage of Sheep 2007 single work novel
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Apocalyse [sic], Like, Now
2007
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 October 2007; (p. 18)
— Review of Pool 2007 single work novel ; Michael Sweeney's Method 2007 single work novel ; The Rage of Sheep 2007 single work novel -
[Review] The Rage of Sheep
2007
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 22 no. 4 2007; (p. 39)
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[Untitled]
2007
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— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 15 no. 3 2007; (p. 30-31)
— Review of The Rage of Sheep 2007 single work novel -
Untitled
2007
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 51 no. 4 2007; (p. 29)
— Review of The Rage of Sheep 2007 single work novel -
YA Fiction
2008
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— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , April no. 1 2008; (p. 20)
— Review of The Rage of Sheep 2007 single work novel -
In Answer To the Question - WHY?
2007
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 51 no. 4 2007; (p. 11-14) -
Wanted : Frustrated Writers!
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , December 2009 / January 2010 no. 188 2009; (p. 7) Kirsty Eagar and Michelle Cooper tell Oliver Phommavanh what their mentorships with the Children's Book Council of Australia's Frustrated Writing Program meant in advancing their work to publication stage. -
Historical Fanatasy
2008
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— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 43 no. 3 2008; (p. 91-92)
- Hastings River area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales,
- 1984