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[Robert
Hood] is a prolific writer of horror from all ages, and Shadow
Dance is the first in a new series, Shades. Teenage Nathan
wakes in a park with amnesia, only to be attacked by an alligator-headed
monster. So begins a rollercoaster of a narrative, thrilling,
eventful and eerie. Nathan has been missing for months, presumed
dead, yet is no ghost; he walks and breathes. Unfortunately
he also fades in bright light. The shades of the series title
refer to the sunglasses Nathan and others of his very strange
ilk wear, even after dark, and also to the name for the dead
in classical mythology. The book can gross out, but it has
a weird poetry to it. |
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"Robert
Hood … [is] one of this country's leading horror writers"
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"[Backstreets]
is a tough novel which is exciting, memorable and sensitive
in its treatment of the issues and finally, satisfying and
optimistic." |
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Commonwealth
Book Council Notable Books: judges comments
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"Confrontational
and uncompromising, [Backstreets] deserves our attention and
praise. There are some great writers on the Australian YA
fiction scene and Robert Hood is one of them." |
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