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y separately published work icon Hover Car Racer single work   children's fiction   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Hover Car Racer
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'Meet Jason Chaser, hover car racer. He's won himself a place at the International Race School, where racers either make it on to the Pro Circuit - or they crash and burn.

'But he's an outsider. He's younger than the other racers. His car, the Argonaut, is older. And on top of that, someone doesn't want him to succeed at the School and will do anything to stop him.

'Now Jason Chaser isn't just fighting for his place on the starting line, he's racing for his life.' (Publication summary)

Adaptations

y separately published work icon Hover Car Racer Matthew Reilly , John Hanna (illustrator), Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2024 29266156 2024 single work graphic novel young adult

'Never give up. Never say die.

'Meet Jason Chaser, hover car racer. He's won himself a place at the International Race School, where racers either make it on to the Pro Circuit - or they crash and burn.

'But he's an outsider. He's younger than the other racers. His car, the Argonaut, is older.

'And on top of that, someone doesn't want him to succeed at the School and will do anything to stop him.

'Now Jason Chaser isn't just fighting for his place on the starting line, he's racing for his life.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Dedication: for Matt Martin

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Published first in a free electronic version in eight separate parts released successively between April and July 2004.

Other Formats

Works about this Work

[Review] Hover Car Racer Gay Tierney , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 1 2005; (p. 38-39)

— Review of Hover Car Racer Matthew Reilly , 2004 single work children's fiction
Get Lost in a Good Book or Two Phil Brown , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 15 -21 December no. 521 2004; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Hover Car Racer Matthew Reilly , 2004 single work children's fiction ; In Tasmania Nicholas Shakespeare , 2004 single work prose ; Tremble : Sensual Fables of the Mystical and Sinister Tobsha Learner , 2004 selected work short story ; Eden Peter Watt , 2004 single work novel ; Wild Lavender Belinda Alexandra , 2004 single work novel
Fast Cars, Speed Reading John Birmingham , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 December 2004; (p. 11)

— Review of Hover Car Racer Matthew Reilly , 2004 single work children's fiction
Racing Reilly Tim Ghys (interviewer), 2004 single work interview
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 12 no. 4 2004; (p. 12-13)
Mattew Reilly talks about his first book for yound readers, Hover Car Racer.
Pick of the Week Cameron Woodhead , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 November 2004; (p. 4)

— Review of Hover Car Racer Matthew Reilly , 2004 single work children's fiction
Racing Along to an Engrossing Read Cameron England , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 October 2004; (p. 11)

— Review of Hover Car Racer Matthew Reilly , 2004 single work children's fiction
Shorts: Children's Books Christopher Bantick , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 October 2004; (p. 20)

— Review of Paper Bags and Dreams Fran Dobbie , 2004 selected work short story ; Isabella's Secret Jane Tanner , 2004 single work picture book ; Hover Car Racer Matthew Reilly , 2004 single work children's fiction
Pressing the Right Buttons Andy Bull , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 October 2004; (p. 7)

— Review of Hover Car Racer Matthew Reilly , 2004 single work children's fiction
Pick of the Week Cameron Woodhead , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 November 2004; (p. 4)

— Review of Hover Car Racer Matthew Reilly , 2004 single work children's fiction
Fast Cars, Speed Reading John Birmingham , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 December 2004; (p. 11)

— Review of Hover Car Racer Matthew Reilly , 2004 single work children's fiction
Bookmarks : New Venture in the Life of Reilly Jason Steger , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 20 March 2004; (p. 6)
Best-Selling Author's New Book - Free Daniel Brettig , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 April 2004; (p. 40)
Racing Reilly Tim Ghys (interviewer), 2004 single work interview
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 12 no. 4 2004; (p. 12-13)
Mattew Reilly talks about his first book for yound readers, Hover Car Racer.
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  • Gulf of Carpentaria area, Far North Queensland, Queensland,
  • 2000s
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