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The Stella Prize schools program
The Stella Prize has published teaching notes on each of the 2013 and 2014 Stella Prize shortlisted books. As these books are mostly not suitable for students below Year 10, they have also compiled a separate reading list for Years 7 to … Continue reading
Days Like This dystopian YA novel by Alison Stewart – climate change themes
A fair few readers of my YA novel have contacted me with questions about the kind of world that produced the dystopia that is Days Like This. Some readers are doing school projects; some just want to know. Briefly, the … Continue reading
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Tagged ABNA YA finalist, Alison Stewart, Australia, climate change, Days Like This, dystopia, global warming, Writing, YA
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Underrated Books Project
Book blogger Rebecca of thebooker has compiled an interesting list under the title of “The Underrated Books Project” Here is Rebecca’s explanation: “There are some books that just don’t receive the credit they deserve; the kind that barely anyone talks … Continue reading
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Reading Marathon Reviews reviews Days Like This
This review is from Kate at Reading Marathon Reviews http://readingmarathonreviews.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/review-days-like-this-by-alison-stewart.html Tuesday, 27 March 2012 Review: Days Like This by Alison Stewart I was extremely excited about this book since A. It’s set in Australia, B. It is similar to … Continue reading
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Elizabeth Braithwaite on Guilt and Responsibility in young adult texts
I was interested to read Elizabeth Braithwaite’s recent paper on the complex issues of guilt and responsibility in young adult texts that deal with environmental disaster. The paper, published in Barnboken Journal of Children’s Literature Research Volume 35 (2012) and titled “The hope … Continue reading
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Days Like This Young Contemporaries review
Kate reviewed Days Like This on her website, The Young Contemporaries, on March 27, 2012. Thank you Kate for your positive review. Here’s some of it: “I was extremely excited about this book since A. It’s set in Australia, B. … Continue reading
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Days Like This now on Kindle
Days Like This, my young adult dystopian novel set in Sydney, is now available on Kindle, for those readers outside Australia who have asked. Days Like This was a finalist in the 2010 YA Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and Penguin Australia … Continue reading
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Days Like This – The Movie?
I wish! But you never know. Melissa at “Spellbound by Books” has nominated Days Like This, along with Rachel Caine’s Morganville Vampires and Glass Houses as her Books from 2011 “that would make the best movie (December 24, 2011: http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2011/12/faves-of-twentyeleven-books.html) Melissa … Continue reading
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Tegan’s guest review on The Book Gryffin
Published Wednesday, January 11, 2012: “This book has grabbed me from the first word, and pulled me into the pages of its world, where New South Wales is no longer a beautiful city, but two worlds separated by a wall. … Continue reading
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Fran Knight’s ReadPlus review
Fran Knight’s review of Days Like This was published on January 10, 2012: “Recommended. Dystopian thriller. From the cover blurb, ‘As the world grows older, it’s dangerous being young’, the reader knows that they are in for a treat, a … Continue reading
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