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Thirteen-year-old Jacob's brother Joey visits Bali for a surfing trip and is killed in the 2002 Bali bombings. Jacob and his father go to Bali to locate Joey's body. There they meet Agung, whose own son, Wayan, was also killed in the blast. Four years later, Jacob returns to Bali.
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has an Asian setting, and references to Indonesia.
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On Travel, Lifelong Students, and Asking 'What If?'
2005
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— Appears in: Access , vol. 19 no. 1 2005; Tolbert discusses the origins of many of his works, and how they all began with a 'what if' question. Includes a discussion of works-in-progress that later became the short stories 'Surfing for Wayan,' 'Summits,' and 'Tunnelling Cu Chi.'
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On Travel, Lifelong Students, and Asking 'What If?'
2005
single work
essay
— Appears in: Access , vol. 19 no. 1 2005; Tolbert discusses the origins of many of his works, and how they all began with a 'what if' question. Includes a discussion of works-in-progress that later became the short stories 'Surfing for Wayan,' 'Summits,' and 'Tunnelling Cu Chi.'
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Kuta,
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cIndonesia,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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cAustralia,c
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