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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Tin Soldiers
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'Michael Tonkin, seventeen, is just 'hanging' at school until one day he unleashes the demons at a friendly soccer match when he nearly strangles Ahmad, a Lebanese boy from the opposition team. Everything starts to close-in — guilt, fear, Ahmad's crew — until it ends on a lonely highway with Michael bashed and broken by the side of the road. With his memory partially lost, what is left of Michael now? How will he rebuild himself into a man? Michael struggles to remember the truth, to put himself back together. He turns to the men in his life — his father, a Vietnam War veteran, and his uncle, a brilliant drunk. Michael must choose if he wants to be a player in the 'game', where hatred, fear and anger shape the lives of those around him. He must choose if he wants to be a Tin Soldier.' (Source: Barnes & Noble)

Notes

  • Teachers' notes, prepared by Nancy Mortimer, also available.

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has references to the Vietnam War, and Lebanese people.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Lothian , 2000 .
      Extent: 224p.
      ISBN: 0734401248

Works about this Work

Untitled Jeff Herd , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 14)

— Review of Tin Soldiers Ian Bone , 2000 single work novel
Untitled Helen Purdie , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 28)

— Review of Tin Soldiers Ian Bone , 2000 single work novel
'Tin Soldiers' by Ian Bone Christopher Thompson , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 8 no. 3 2000; (p. 32-33)

— Review of Tin Soldiers Ian Bone , 2000 single work novel
Book News Listing 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , March 2000; (p. 42)

— Review of Tin Soldiers Ian Bone , 2000 single work novel
Untitled Lorien Kaye , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , April vol. 79 no. 9 2000; (p. 37 - 38)

— Review of Tin Soldiers Ian Bone , 2000 single work novel
Untitled Helen Purdie , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 28)

— Review of Tin Soldiers Ian Bone , 2000 single work novel
Untitled Jeff Herd , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 14)

— Review of Tin Soldiers Ian Bone , 2000 single work novel
CoverNotes Mike Shuttleworth , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 11 June 2000; (p. 11)

— Review of The Bright House Lyn Hughes , 2000 single work novel ; Tin Soldiers Ian Bone , 2000 single work novel
Untitled Lorien Kaye , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , April vol. 79 no. 9 2000; (p. 37 - 38)

— Review of Tin Soldiers Ian Bone , 2000 single work novel
Book News Listing 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , March 2000; (p. 42)

— Review of Tin Soldiers Ian Bone , 2000 single work novel
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