y separately published work icon Lockie Leonard Series series - author   novel   young adult   humour  
First known date: 1990-1997 Issue Details: First known date: 1990-1997... 1990-1997 Lockie Leonard Series
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form y separately published work icon Lockie Leonard Nine Network (publisher), Keith Thompson , Drew Proffitt , LeeAnne Innes , Sarah Rosetti , Matt Ford , Shelley Birse , Michael Miller , Ken Kelso , David Ogilvy , James Bogle , Tim Pye , Wayne Blair , Peter Templeman , Rhys Muldoon , Ellie Beaumont , Joshua Wakely , ( dir. Tony Tilse et. al. )agent Sydney : Nine Network Essential Viewing , 2007-2010 Z1389794 2007- series - publisher film/TV children's

Based upon the novels by Western Australian author Tim Winton, the series revolves around 12-year-old Lockie Leonard, a surf rat whose family moves to the most remote town on Earth, Angelus. Lockie's convinced that this is a total disaster. He has no friends, a new school, and a house that is truly in danger of disappearing into a swamp. But then Lockie spots the one thing that makes it all okay. This weird little town has the best surf he has ever seen.

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y separately published work icon Lockie Leonard, Legend Tim Winton , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 1997 Z234921 1997 single work novel young adult humour Lockie, who is about to turn fourteen, lives in a small coastal town in West Australia. He has just survived the worst year on record: his first year of high school, a new town, his first mad love affair - it's all behind him. But the world of weirdness hasn't finished with him yet. His family is in a shambles and then an old flame comes scorching back into his life. (Source: Trove)
y separately published work icon Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo Tim Winton , South Yarra : McPhee Gribble , 1990 Z362664 1990 single work novel young adult humour (taught in 6 units)

'Lockie Leonard, hot surf-rat, is in love. The human torpedo is barely settled into his new school, and already he's got a girl on his mind. And not just any girl: it has to be Vicki Streeton, the smartest, prettiest, richest girl in the class. What chance have you got when your dad's a cop, your mum's a frighteningly understanding parent, your brother wets the bed and the teachers take an instant dislike to you and then you fall in love at twelve-and-three-quarter years old? It can only mean trouble, worry, mega-embarrassment and some wild, wild times ' (Publication summary)
y separately published work icon Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster Tim Winton , Chippendale : Pan Macmillan Australia , 1993 Z1487507 1993 single work novel young adult humour

In the sequel to Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo, nothing's simple for Lockie Leonard. Dumped by his girlfriend, he's back to being the loneliest kid in town until he makes friends with the wierdest human being he's ever met. As if that isn't enough, Lockie decides to save his town from industrial pollution. In the middle of all this the inevitable happens - yes, he falls in love: he drops like a ton of bricks for a girl who's not even out of primary school yet, and to make matters worse she surfs better than he ever will. Can a thirteen-year-old surf rat have a headbanger for a best friend, stay in love with an eleven-year-old grommet and still save the world? (Adapted from Trove)

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Little Breaks Sarah Walker , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: The Monthly , September 2022; (p. 42-44) 'ONCE WE’VE PEELED OFF the wetsuits and packed up the boards, we are quiet. The car ride home is scored with the sound of sniffing, as though in grief, though it is really the ocean emptying out of our sinuses. There is no need for speech. It is a soft quiet, a golden quiet. In the driver’s seat, my partner is thinking about his turns, the way he twisted his body to pull the board against the wave, flitting up the fist of the sea. Next to him, I am thinking about how, one day, I might be able to stand up without screaming. I am what surfers refer to as a kook, which is to say: I am terrible at surfing. In every possible way, I am an embarrassment to the art of standing on the ocean. I was terrible at it when I started, and I am terrible at it now, and I love it.' (Introduction)
It's Their Turn : Best Books to Animate Teens 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 February 2015; (p. 30)
Dude Street Susan Skelly , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 June vol. 125 no. 6574 2007; (p. 54-55)
y separately published work icon Mind the Country : Tim Winton's Fiction Salhia Ben-Messahel , Crawley : University of Western Australia , 2006 Z1286107 2006 single work criticism
A Look at... Tim Winton's Places and People 1998 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 13 no. 3 1998; (p. 20-21)
Tim Winton Thornton McCamish , 1997 single work biography
— Appears in: The Big Issue , 30 June - 13 July no. 23 1997; (p. 6-8)
A Look at... Tim Winton's Places and People 1998 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 13 no. 3 1998; (p. 20-21)
y separately published work icon Mind the Country : Tim Winton's Fiction Salhia Ben-Messahel , Crawley : University of Western Australia , 2006 Z1286107 2006 single work criticism
Dude Street Susan Skelly , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 June vol. 125 no. 6574 2007; (p. 54-55)
Learning So Much in Such a Short Time Tim Winton , 1997 single work column autobiography
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 5 no. 2 1997; (p. 36)
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