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'I looked over my shoulder and saw a black stallion heading my way. There was a man riding the stallion and he was familiar somehow. As he got closer I could see a small child on the saddle in front of him...
'When Ben Cross runs away from his brutal uncle, he is looking for adventure. But he finds much more than that when he joins the bushranger Thunderbolt and becomes the cockatoo – or lookout – for the bushranger’s gang.
'In between raiding cattle stations, inns, stores and mail coaches Ben befriends Thunderbolt’s wife Mary Ann, helping in her endless hunt for food and hiding places in the wilderness.
'But at the end of a year of running from the law, of dramatic rescue and desperate shootouts, both Ben and Thunderbolt know they must give up the bushranging life.
'If they can...' (Publieher's blurb)
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Works about this Work
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[Review] Riding with Thunderbolt
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 2 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of Riding with Thunderbolt : The Diary of Ben Cross 2004 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Riding with Thunderbolt
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 12 no. 3 2004; (p. 41)
— Review of Riding with Thunderbolt : The Diary of Ben Cross 2004 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Riding with Thunderbolt
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 19 no. 3 2004; (p. 32)
— Review of Riding with Thunderbolt : The Diary of Ben Cross 2004 single work children's fiction -
Ageing Dragon Meets Youthful Hero
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 July 2004; (p. 4a)
— Review of Dragonkeeper 2003 single work children's fiction ; Princess Tamsin 2004 single work children's fiction ; The King of Large 2004 single work children's fiction ; Riding with Thunderbolt : The Diary of Ben Cross 2004 single work children's fiction ; Summer's Story 2004 single work novel
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Ageing Dragon Meets Youthful Hero
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 July 2004; (p. 4a)
— Review of Dragonkeeper 2003 single work children's fiction ; Princess Tamsin 2004 single work children's fiction ; The King of Large 2004 single work children's fiction ; Riding with Thunderbolt : The Diary of Ben Cross 2004 single work children's fiction ; Summer's Story 2004 single work novel -
[Review] Riding with Thunderbolt
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 19 no. 3 2004; (p. 32)
— Review of Riding with Thunderbolt : The Diary of Ben Cross 2004 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Riding with Thunderbolt
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 12 no. 3 2004; (p. 41)
— Review of Riding with Thunderbolt : The Diary of Ben Cross 2004 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Riding with Thunderbolt
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 2 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of Riding with Thunderbolt : The Diary of Ben Cross 2004 single work children's fiction
Awards
- Far North NSW, New South Wales,
- 1865-1866