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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 The Dons
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Paul is trying to escape. He's trying to escape from an Italian heritage that just doesn't seem to have relevance for him any more, and he's trying to escape from his nonno. They come from two different worlds, he and his grandfather, and Paul is more interested in his own world – his friends, the girls, the fast cars, the go-carts – than Nonno's strange and embarrassing behaviour.

'Nonno is more than just a silly old man getting in the way of Paul's lifestyle, though. Nonno has more stories to tell than Paul can even begin to imagine. But there is one big problem – Nonno is losing his mind.' (Publication summary)

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability Alzheimer's disease.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person (not the character with Alzheimer's disease).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2001 .
      Extent: 185p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 October 2001
      ISBN: 014131334X

Works about this Work

Tales My Nonna Told Me Archimede Fusillo , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literary and Social Diasporas : An Italian Australian Perspective 2007; (p. 51-57)
Novels for the Classroom Helen Sykes , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , Winter no. 137 2003; (p. 57-65)

— Review of Augustine's Lunch Laura Bloom , 2001 single work novel ; Boots and All Sherryl Clark , 2003 single work children's fiction ; Boy Overboard Morris Gleitzman , 2002 single work children's fiction ; Cairo Jim and the Chaos from Crete : A Tale of Underground Uncertainty Geoffrey McSkimming , 2002 single work children's fiction ; Dj Max Lisa Forrest , 2002 single work novel ; The Dons Archimede Fusillo , 2001 single work novel ; The Fifth Quest Debra Oswald , 2002 single work novel ; Grinders Chris Wheat , 2001 single work novel ; Grommet Saves the World James Moloney , 2003 single work novel ; Monstered Bernie Monagle , 2001 single work novel ; Old Ridley Gary Crew , 2002 single work picture book ; Soldier Boy : The True Story of Jim Martin the Youngest Anzac Anthony Hill , 2001 single work biography ; Treasure Hunters Allan Baillie , 2002 single work novel ; The Whale's Child Gillian Rubinstein , 2002 single work novel ; White Ute Dreaming Scot Gardner , 2002 single work novel ; Winning Elaine Forrestal , 2002 single work children's fiction
Untitled Joan Zahnleiter , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 46 no. 1 2002; (p. 40)

— Review of The Dons Archimede Fusillo , 2001 single work novel
Untitled Shane Symonds , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 1 2002; (p. 34-35)

— Review of The Dons Archimede Fusillo , 2001 single work novel
[Review]] The Dons [and] Saving Saddler Street Kevin Steinberger , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 10 no. 1 2002; (p. 24)

— Review of The Dons Archimede Fusillo , 2001 single work novel ; Saving Saddler Street Ruth Starke , 2001 single work novel
Untitled Joan Zahnleiter , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 46 no. 1 2002; (p. 40)

— Review of The Dons Archimede Fusillo , 2001 single work novel
Novels for the Classroom Helen Sykes , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , Winter no. 137 2003; (p. 57-65)

— Review of Augustine's Lunch Laura Bloom , 2001 single work novel ; Boots and All Sherryl Clark , 2003 single work children's fiction ; Boy Overboard Morris Gleitzman , 2002 single work children's fiction ; Cairo Jim and the Chaos from Crete : A Tale of Underground Uncertainty Geoffrey McSkimming , 2002 single work children's fiction ; Dj Max Lisa Forrest , 2002 single work novel ; The Dons Archimede Fusillo , 2001 single work novel ; The Fifth Quest Debra Oswald , 2002 single work novel ; Grinders Chris Wheat , 2001 single work novel ; Grommet Saves the World James Moloney , 2003 single work novel ; Monstered Bernie Monagle , 2001 single work novel ; Old Ridley Gary Crew , 2002 single work picture book ; Soldier Boy : The True Story of Jim Martin the Youngest Anzac Anthony Hill , 2001 single work biography ; Treasure Hunters Allan Baillie , 2002 single work novel ; The Whale's Child Gillian Rubinstein , 2002 single work novel ; White Ute Dreaming Scot Gardner , 2002 single work novel ; Winning Elaine Forrestal , 2002 single work children's fiction
CoverNotes Lucy Sussex , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 October 2001; (p. 11)

— Review of The Dons Archimede Fusillo , 2001 single work novel
Awakenings Matt Sullivan , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 239 2002; (p. 62-63)

— Review of Moondyne Kate Garry Disher , 2001 single work novel ; When Dogs Cry Markus Zusak , 2001 single work novel ; The Dons Archimede Fusillo , 2001 single work novel ; Tracking the Dalai Lama Steve Tolbert , 2001 single work novel ; The Eight Lives of Stullie the Great Jim Schembri , 2001 single work novel
[Review]] The Dons [and] Saving Saddler Street Kevin Steinberger , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 10 no. 1 2002; (p. 24)

— Review of The Dons Archimede Fusillo , 2001 single work novel ; Saving Saddler Street Ruth Starke , 2001 single work novel
Tales My Nonna Told Me Archimede Fusillo , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literary and Social Diasporas : An Italian Australian Perspective 2007; (p. 51-57)
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