The Loblolly Boy and the Sorcerer (19 page)
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Authors: James Norcliffe
Judges’ comments, New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards 2009
‘James Norcliffe has written an imaginative and exciting story … There is so much in this book — a very different plot, incorporating humour, adventure, mystery, family drama, tragedy, and magic, that will leave you thinking and smiling.’
Gerard Wood
‘Quality children’s and young adult fiction like
The Loblolly Boy
is vital for fuelling young imaginations and instilling a life-long love of reading, but also to remind the rest of us of where we’ve come from. So go on, pick up a copy for your kids, your nephews and nieces, your younger siblings, whomever you want. Just make sure you read it first!’
Jean Bennett
‘This sparkling fantasy novel explores a child’s need to be with his own family — even if they are fractured, poor and struggling to cope. The author writes with rare insight into the mind of a young person discovering what is of lasting value in life. Highly recommended.’
Poetry:
The Sportsman & Other Poems
1986
Letters to Dr Dee
1993
A Kind of Kingdom
1998
Rat Tickling
2003
Along Blueskin Road
2005
Villon in Millerton
2007
Short Fiction:
The Chinese Interpreter
1994
Essay:
The Past & Other Countries
2000
Young Adult Novels:
Under the Rotunda
1992
Penguin Bay
1993
The Emerald Encyclopaedia
1994
The Carousel Experiment
1995
The Assassin of Gleam
2006
The Loblolly Boy
2009
As Editor:
Big Sky
with Bernadette Hall 2003
Five Re-Draft
annual collections with Alan Bunn 2001–2005
Four Re-Draft
annual collections with Tessa Duder 2006–2010
James Norcliffe is a Christchurch-based, award-winning poet with six collections published, plus seven novels for young adults.
The Loblolly Boy
won the junior fiction category in the 2010 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards and was shortlisted for the 2010 Esther Glen Award. James teaches in Lincoln University’s Foundation Studies department, and lives with his wife Joan Melvyn in Church Bay, on a sloping property dotted with half-grown trees overlooking Lyttelton Harbour.
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First published 2011
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