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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Ironbark
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'Sixteen can be a tough time. And it's almost unmanageable for a wise-cracking boy whose temper is white-hot. As a consequence he is sentenced to a time-out with his reclusive grandfather in a primitive shack in the Tasmanian forest. There is little to do except chop wood and watch the red-eyed wallabies gather at dusk. They are an unlikely couple: a taciturn old man who prefers the simple life, and a volatile boy addicted to the technology of the 21st century and yet a bond blossoms between them. But denied access to much he desires, and feeling provoked by a local cop cynical of city folk, the boy's frustration grows. And when he encounters situations he can't control anything could happen ...' (Publication summary)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2008 .
      image of person or book cover 5241744632692461978.jpg
      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 216p.
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      • Publication June 2008.

      ISBN: 9781741149555 (pbk.)

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[Review] Ironbark Fran Knight , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 2 2009; (p. 50)

— Review of Ironbark Barry Jonsberg , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Ironbark Martin Turner , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 3 2008; (p. 36)

— Review of Ironbark Barry Jonsberg , 2008 single work novel
Comic Relief Ernie Tucker , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 43 no. 3 2008; (p. 90-91)
[Review] Ironbark John Nolan , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 52 no. 4 2008; (p. 35-36)

— Review of Ironbark Barry Jonsberg , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Ironbark Sally Harding , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 23 no. 3 2008; (p. 41-42)

— Review of Ironbark Barry Jonsberg , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Ironbark Wil Wagner , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books For Young Adults , Winter vol. 16 no. 2 2008; (p. 14)

— Review of Ironbark Barry Jonsberg , 2008 single work novel
Centre Selection Kevin Lee , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , no. 2 2008; (p. 22)

— Review of Ironbark Barry Jonsberg , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Ironbark Sally Harding , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 23 no. 3 2008; (p. 41-42)

— Review of Ironbark Barry Jonsberg , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Ironbark John Nolan , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 52 no. 4 2008; (p. 35-36)

— Review of Ironbark Barry Jonsberg , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Ironbark Fran Knight , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 2 2009; (p. 50)

— Review of Ironbark Barry Jonsberg , 2008 single work novel
Comic Relief Ernie Tucker , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 43 no. 3 2008; (p. 90-91)
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