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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Feral Tracks : The Novel Adapted from the Screenplay
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'A novel based on the true story of a sixteen-year-old schoolboy who ran away from home with four dollars and hitchhiked around Australia. Daniel's exploits are a roller-coaster ride through a wild summer 'off the leash', the madness of share-house living, outback mustering of feral cattle, and nightclub excess. Told with driving energy, blunt honesty and dry humour, Feral Tracks shows why survival on the road means growing up fast. Feral Tracks captivated teenagers when first released in 1998, including reluctant male readers. It was short-listed for a readers' choice award and optioned for a feature film. The screenplay was created in 2002 and, although not produced as a movie, inspired this newly rewritten version of the story. Feral Tracks: the novel adapted from the screenplay has transformed the travelogue style of the first publication into a more tightly structured story format for a fresh readership.' (Publication summary)

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  • 'Feral Tracks captivated teenagers when first released in 1998, including reluctant male readers. It was short-listed for a readers' choice award and optioned for a feature film.

    'The screenplay was created in 2002 and, although not produced as a movie, inspired this newly rewritten version of the story.

    'Feral Tracks: The Novel Adapted from the Screenplay has transformed the travelogue style of the first publication into a more tightly structured story format for a fresh readership.'

    Source: Vulgar Press website, http://www.vulgar.com.au/
    Sighted: 06/04/2010

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    • Carlton North, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: The Vulgar Press , 2010 .
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      • Publication date: March 2010.
      ISBN: 9780980665123 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Postmodern Themes in YA Fiction Euan Mitchell , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: ACTWrite , July vol. 16 no. 6 2010; (p. 8-9)
Under Age Michelle Hamer , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 4 April 2010; (p. 21)

— Review of Feral Tracks : The Novel Adapted from the Screenplay Euan Mitchell , 2010 single work novel
Under Age Michelle Hamer , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 4 April 2010; (p. 21)

— Review of Feral Tracks : The Novel Adapted from the Screenplay Euan Mitchell , 2010 single work novel
Postmodern Themes in YA Fiction Euan Mitchell , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: ACTWrite , July vol. 16 no. 6 2010; (p. 8-9)
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