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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 A Cage of Butterflies
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

A scientist imprisons some highly gifted children, hoping to exploit their telepathic abilities, but lives are endangered when a drug company sponsor demands faster results from the project.

Notes

  • Included in the 1993 White Raven's Catalogue compiled by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Twisted leg requiring crutches.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: IQ - Das Experiment
Language: German

Other Formats

  • Braille.
  • Sound recording.

Works about this Work

Posthuman by Accident; Posthuman by Design : Power and Belonging in Posthuman Young Adult Fiction Maree Kimberley , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship , vol. 22 no. 2 2016; (p. 124-141)

'This article examines two young adult novels, Kevin Brooks’ iBoy and Brian Caswell’s A Cage of Butterflies, and posits that although these novels fall outside accepted posthuman themes, the characters’ actions and attributes are nonetheless posthuman. Furthermore, it argues that these novels use the speculative fiction form to address posthuman concerns within a contemporary realism framework. The article draws upon the literary criticism of N. Katherine Hayles, Roberta Trites, and others to explore how these novels offer young adult readers positive models as they search for ways to cope with life in an evolving posthuman world.'

Posthuman by Accident; Posthuman by Design : Power and Belonging in Posthuman Young Adult Fiction Maree Kimberley , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship , September vol. 22 no. 2 2016; (p. 124-141)
Brave New Worlds of Reading 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Literature Base , February vol. 11 no. 1 2000; (p. 18)

— Review of A Cage of Butterflies Brian Caswell , 1992 single work novel
Making the Connection - Writing for the Post-Spielberg Generation Brian Caswell , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Written World : Youth and Literature 1994; (p. 273-284)
[Review] A Cage of Butterflies Gillian Westera , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 1 1993; (p. 6-7)

— Review of A Cage of Butterflies Brian Caswell , 1992 single work novel
[Review] A Cage of Butterflies Elizabeth McCardell , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 37 no. 1 1993; (p. 26)

— Review of A Cage of Butterflies Brian Caswell , 1992 single work novel
[Review] A Cage of Butterflies Gillian Westera , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 1 1993; (p. 6-7)

— Review of A Cage of Butterflies Brian Caswell , 1992 single work novel
The Admen Cometh with Hip, Hype and Hyperbole Gerard Windsor , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 November 1992; (p. rev 5)

— Review of Whoring John Newton , 1992 single work novel ; A Cage of Butterflies Brian Caswell , 1992 single work novel ; Once a Perfect Woman Paul Wilson , 1992 single work novel
From the Word Go : Books for Younger Readers Meg Sorensen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 146 1992; (p. 70-72)

— Review of To the Dark Tower Victor Kelleher , 1992 single work novel ; The Lion and the Lamb Jonathan Harlen , 1992 single work novel ; A Cage of Butterflies Brian Caswell , 1992 single work novel ; Night Music Nigel Gray , 1992 single work novel
Facing Up to Teenage Trauma Robin Morrow , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 December 1992; (p. rev 6)

— Review of Looking for Alibrandi Melina Marchetta , 1992 single work novel ; Galax-Arena Gillian Rubinstein , 1992 single work novel ; A Cage of Butterflies Brian Caswell , 1992 single work novel
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1993 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 37 no. 3 1993; (p. 2-8)
Judge's report for the 1993 Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award.
Building an Australian Literature for Children : Looking Back or Looking Forward? Sue Clancy , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : Finding a Voice 1993; (p. 38-45)
Making the Connection - Writing for the Post-Spielberg Generation Brian Caswell , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Written World : Youth and Literature 1994; (p. 273-284)
Posthuman by Accident; Posthuman by Design : Power and Belonging in Posthuman Young Adult Fiction Maree Kimberley , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship , September vol. 22 no. 2 2016; (p. 124-141)
Posthuman by Accident; Posthuman by Design : Power and Belonging in Posthuman Young Adult Fiction Maree Kimberley , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship , vol. 22 no. 2 2016; (p. 124-141)

'This article examines two young adult novels, Kevin Brooks’ iBoy and Brian Caswell’s A Cage of Butterflies, and posits that although these novels fall outside accepted posthuman themes, the characters’ actions and attributes are nonetheless posthuman. Furthermore, it argues that these novels use the speculative fiction form to address posthuman concerns within a contemporary realism framework. The article draws upon the literary criticism of N. Katherine Hayles, Roberta Trites, and others to explore how these novels offer young adult readers positive models as they search for ways to cope with life in an evolving posthuman world.'

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