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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Kill the Possum
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'Dylan Kane has liked Kirsty for a long time, but he has only just found out the secret that she and her brother Tim are keeping from everyone else in school. Every second Sunday their stepfather, Ian, returns their little sister home. And every second Sunday turns into a nightmare for the family as he bullies them all into terrified submission.

'Tim is becoming increasingly withdrawn, and Kirsty is growing more and more worried about her little sister and her mother, who is on the verge of a breakdown. As Dylan is drawn into the maelstrom of emotion, he becomes determined to help get rid of Ian for good no matter what it takes.' (Publisher's blurb)

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    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2008 .
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      Extent: 273p.
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      • Publication date: 7 April 2008.
      ISBN: 9780143004202

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  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges Report 2009 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 4-10)
[Review] Kill the Possum Fiona Edwards , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: InCite , March vol. 30 no. 3 2009; (p. 29)

— Review of Kill the Possum James Moloney , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Kill the Possum Gay Tierney , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 3 2008; (p. 66-67)

— Review of Kill the Possum James Moloney , 2008 single work novel
Child Protagonists in Adult Settings Ernie Tucker , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 43 no. 2 2008; (p. 85-86)
[Review] Kill the Possum Helen Martin , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 38)

— Review of Kill the Possum James Moloney , 2008 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-27 April 2008; (p. 34)

— Review of Kill the Possum James Moloney , 2008 single work novel
Perfect Insight into the Teenage Mind Ronni Phillips , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 May 2008; (p. 21)

— Review of In Ecstasy Kate McCaffrey , 2008 single work novel ; Kill the Possum James Moloney , 2008 single work novel ; Georgiana : Woman of Flowers Libby Hathorn , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Kill the Possum Sally Harding , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 23 no. 2 2008; (p. 42)

— Review of Kill the Possum James Moloney , 2008 single work novel
Readers Also Need To Ask Questions Ernie Tucker , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 43 no. 2 2008; (p. 87-88)

— Review of Grieve Lizzie Wilcock , 2007 single work novel ; Kill the Possum James Moloney , 2008 single work novel ; Wilful Blue Sonya Hartnett , 1994 single work novel ; The Ghost's Child Sonya Hartnett , 2007 single work novel
Kill the Possum Lyn Linning , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 16 no. 1 2008; (p. 18-19)

— Review of Kill the Possum James Moloney , 2008 single work novel
If You Are Out for Vengeance, Best Dig Two Graves Mike Shuttleworth (interviewer), 2008 single work interview
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , no. 2 2008; (p. 8-9)
'With "Kill the Possum", James Moloney is doing what he does best. He has written a gritty and gripping novel about Australian teenagers. Interview with Mike Shuttleworth.' p. 8
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges Report 2009 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 4-10)
Child Protagonists in Adult Settings Ernie Tucker , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 43 no. 2 2008; (p. 85-86)
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