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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Blue Bottle Mystery : An Asperger Adventure
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Ben finds an unusual old bottle buried in the school yard, and in a roundabout way it helps Ben and his family find out what is causing some of the persistent problems he has both at home and at school' (source: NLA).

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Adaptations

y separately published work icon Blue Bottle Mystery - The Graphic Novel Kathy Hoopmann , Rachael Smith (illustrator), London Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers , 2015 13838436 2015 single work graphic novel children's

'Full of mystery and intrigue, this graphic novel version of Kathy Hoopmann's best-selling adventure follows Ben, a boy with Asperger syndrome (AS). When Ben and his friend Andy discover an old blue bottle in the school yard, little do they know of the mysterious forces they are about to unleash...'

(Source: publisher's website)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has Thai, Japanese, and Korean translations.
  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Asperger syndrome.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Third person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: เบนกับขวดวิเศษ
Transliterated title: Bēn kap khūat wisēt
Language: Thai

Works about this Work

Untitled Clare Way , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 45 no. 4 2001; (p. 27)

— Review of Blue Bottle Mystery : An Asperger Adventure Kathy Hoopmann , 2001 single work children's fiction
Untitled Alison Gregg , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 16 no. 2 2001; (p. 34)

— Review of Blue Bottle Mystery : An Asperger Adventure Kathy Hoopmann , 2001 single work children's fiction
Untitled Clare Way , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 45 no. 4 2001; (p. 27)

— Review of Blue Bottle Mystery : An Asperger Adventure Kathy Hoopmann , 2001 single work children's fiction
Untitled Alison Gregg , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 16 no. 2 2001; (p. 34)

— Review of Blue Bottle Mystery : An Asperger Adventure Kathy Hoopmann , 2001 single work children's fiction
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