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'A simple boy with an amazing gift.
A promise to a dying man.
And a nation that wants to believe.
Can a twelve year old boy be the hero his country needs?
'David Donald is a simple boy with an amazing bowling arm. He's a spinner who becomes the stuff of legend. His guardian, Uncle Michael, is also a spinner — a great Australian bullshit artist, a shyster and mythmaker. It's between the wars. It's the glory days of cricket.
'Together, David and Michael will rout the English and reveal more than a little about the shaping of the Australian psyche.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication: To Jill. And also to Vivienne, Leonie and Meredith. And to Samantha and Frances.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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[Review] Spinner : A Novel
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 54 no. 4 2010; (p. 34)
— Review of Spinner : A Novel 2010 single work novel -
With a Touch of History : Ron Elliott. Author of 'Spinner'
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 54 no. 4 2010; (p. 14-15) -
Reading and Viewing : Gripping Texts for the Junior Years
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 45 no. 3 2010; (p. 82-83)
— Review of Spinner : A Novel 2010 single work novel ; The Billionaire's Curse 2008 single work novel ; The Word Spy 2008 single work non-fiction ; The Return of the Word Spy 2010 single work non-fiction -
[Review] Spinner : A Novel
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 3 2010; (p. 48-49)
— Review of Spinner : A Novel 2010 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : First Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 September 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Spinner : A Novel 2010 single work novel
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Well Read
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 August 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Reading Madame Bovary 2010 selected work short story ; Spinner : A Novel 2010 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : First Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 September 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Spinner : A Novel 2010 single work novel -
[Review] Spinner : A Novel
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 3 2010; (p. 48-49)
— Review of Spinner : A Novel 2010 single work novel -
Reading and Viewing : Gripping Texts for the Junior Years
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 45 no. 3 2010; (p. 82-83)
— Review of Spinner : A Novel 2010 single work novel ; The Billionaire's Curse 2008 single work novel ; The Word Spy 2008 single work non-fiction ; The Return of the Word Spy 2010 single work non-fiction -
[Review] Spinner : A Novel
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 54 no. 4 2010; (p. 34)
— Review of Spinner : A Novel 2010 single work novel -
With a Touch of History : Ron Elliott. Author of 'Spinner'
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 54 no. 4 2010; (p. 14-15)
Last amended 29 Jan 2021 09:21:22
Settings:
- Western Australia,
- 1920s
- 1930s
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