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It was the year I broke a bone in my leg,

the year I got my first kiss,

and the year Jesus got himself shot.

One dead Japanese pearl-diver who is starting to smell.

A big, slow Filipino crewman.

A beautiful girl called Amy O'Rourke.

And Sam, who gets mixed up with them all,

and maybe shouldn't have.

Sam is a skinny layabout, working at the Sun Picture Stadium for his dad, and dreaming of being a hero, a cowboy, a legend. It's Broome, the year is 1926, and the heat is on. (Back cover)

Affiliation Notes

This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it contains a major character of Filipino heritage, and minor characters of Japanese, Chinese and Malaysian heritage, as well as references to Asian communities in Broome.

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New Texts for the Secondary English Classroom Helen Sykes , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , Winter no. 140 2004; (p. 31-37)
— Review of Black Juice Margo Lanagan , 2004 selected work short story ; Boys of Blood and Bone David Metzenthen , 2003 single work novel ; Finding Cassie Crazy Jaclyn Moriarty , 2003 single work novel ; Fly a Rebel Flag : The Battle at Eureka Robyn Annear , 2004 single work biography ; Fox Margaret Wild , 2000 single work picture book ; In Flanders Fields Norman Jorgensen , 2002 single work picture book ; Mao's Last Dancer Cunxin Li , 2003 single work autobiography ; Nights in the Sun Colin Bowles , 2003 single work novel ; One Night Margaret Wild , 2003 single work novel ; Ten Out of Ten Allan Baillie , 2003 selected work short story

Untitled Michelle Olynyk , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 1 2004; (p. 17)
— Review of Nights in the Sun Colin Bowles , 2003 single work novel

Untitled John Nolan , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 47 no. 4 2003; (p. 39-40)
— Review of Nights in the Sun Colin Bowles , 2003 single work novel

Untitled Catherine Ford , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 27 September 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of Nights in the Sun Colin Bowles , 2003 single work novel

Growing Pains in Broome of Old David Cohen , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 8 September 2003; (p. 14)
— Review of Nights in the Sun Colin Bowles , 2003 single work novel

Untitled Anne Hanzl , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 18 no. 4 2003; (p. 39-40)
— Review of Nights in the Sun Colin Bowles , 2003 single work novel

Untitled Catherine Ford , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 27 September 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of Nights in the Sun Colin Bowles , 2003 single work novel

Nights in the Sun by Colin Bowles Mario La Marca , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 11 no. 3 2003; (p. 33)

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