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Is part of The Debt Phillip Gwynne , 2012 series - author children's fiction (number 3 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Bring Back Cerberus
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'Book three of a high-octane thriller series. Dom has four more Herculean tasks to perform...or lose a pound of flesh. In this instalment he has to find a valuable and mysterious piece of technology.

Dom should be concentrating on training for his big race and a possible spot on the Australian team to compete at the World Youth Games. But the powerful, shadowy organisation, The Debt, has other ideas. And as Dom knows: you don't mess with The Debt.

The Debt has handed down the next task to repay Dom's ancient family debt, and it's seemingly impossible! Procure a Cerberus. Rumoured to be still in development, Cerberus is an innovative piece of next-generation technology, only whispered about in the furthest reaches of cyberspace. Drawn into the shady world of black-hat hacking and industrial espionage, Dom will need every skill he's learnt, and acquire some more, to complete this instalment. How do you steal something that doesn't exist? This time will he fail and lose a pound of flesh?' (Publisher's blurb)

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    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2013 .
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      Extent: 288p.
      ISBN: 9781742378596 (pbk.)
Alternative title: Puzzle mortel
Language: French
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      France,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Casterman ,
      2014 .
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      Extent: 246p.p.
      ISBN: 9782203084551, 2203084553

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  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

Friday Essay: Feminist Medusas and Outback Minotaurs – Why Myth Is Big in Children’s Books Elizabeth Hale , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 3 June 2016;

'... Monsters from classical myth have been lurking in the gullies of Western literature for a long time – in retellings and adaptations, and acting as symbols and metaphors for aspects of the human experience.'

'They’ve been surfacing recently in fantasy for children and young adults. Imaginary Medusas, realistically drawn Minotaurs, as well as a multitude of many-headed Scyllas, Hydras and Cerberuses: they all appear in Australian children’s and YA fiction. ...'

[Review] Catch the Zolt! [et al] Carole Poustie , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 28 no. 1 2013; (p. 36)

— Review of Catch the Zolt! Phillip Gwynne , 2013 single work children's fiction ; Turn off the Lights Phillip Gwynne , 2013 single work children's fiction ; Bring Back Cerberus Phillip Gwynne , 2013 single work children's fiction
An Author Sweats to Pay His Debts Nick Galvin , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 10 March 2013; (p. 12)

— Review of Bring Back Cerberus Phillip Gwynne , 2013 single work children's fiction
All That Glitters Fran Metcalf , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 2-3 March 2013; (p. 20)
An Author Sweats to Pay His Debts Nick Galvin , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 10 March 2013; (p. 12)

— Review of Bring Back Cerberus Phillip Gwynne , 2013 single work children's fiction
[Review] Catch the Zolt! [et al] Carole Poustie , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 28 no. 1 2013; (p. 36)

— Review of Catch the Zolt! Phillip Gwynne , 2013 single work children's fiction ; Turn off the Lights Phillip Gwynne , 2013 single work children's fiction ; Bring Back Cerberus Phillip Gwynne , 2013 single work children's fiction
All That Glitters Fran Metcalf , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 2-3 March 2013; (p. 20)
Friday Essay: Feminist Medusas and Outback Minotaurs – Why Myth Is Big in Children’s Books Elizabeth Hale , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 3 June 2016;

'... Monsters from classical myth have been lurking in the gullies of Western literature for a long time – in retellings and adaptations, and acting as symbols and metaphors for aspects of the human experience.'

'They’ve been surfacing recently in fantasy for children and young adults. Imaginary Medusas, realistically drawn Minotaurs, as well as a multitude of many-headed Scyllas, Hydras and Cerberuses: they all appear in Australian children’s and YA fiction. ...'

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