Dark Wind Blowing is a 2001 young-adult novel by Jackie French. The theme explored in the text is the use and misuse of power. The text deals with issues of bullying, terrorism and the everyday life of a teenager. The ideas explored in the text suggest that the author is exposing, by providing this text, the concerns and fears of children in the 21st Century.[citation needed]
A young bullied boy by the name of Lance, who many think of him as a try hard "Loser" (which is what he is commonly referred to in the book), threatens to release an unstoppable virus in class after he has had a prank played on him.
[edit] Characters
The main characters of the book are Lance "Loser", Mike: an "average teenager boy which the book is mostly centered upon, and Jazz a girl that has just come form Manchester in England, Mike has a crush on her which plays an important role in the book.
[edit] Issues raised in the text
The issues raised in this text deal with puberty, bullying, and whether you are born to be a killer or driven that way.
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Diary of a Wombat (2003) · Too Many Pears! (2003) · Pete the Sheep (2005) · Josephine Loves to Dance (2007) · The Shaggy Gully Times (2007) · Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip · Baby Wombat's Week · Queen Victoria's Underpants (2010)
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Short story collections
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Rain Stones (1991) · Mind's Eye (1996) · Ride the Wild Wind: The Golden Pony and Other Stories (2002)
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Wacky Families series
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My Dog the Dinosaur · My Mum the Pirate · My Dad the Dragon (2004) · My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome (2004) · My Uncle Wal the Werewolf (2005) · My Gran the Gorilla (2006) · My Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken (2006) · My Pa the Polar Bear (2007)
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Phredde the Phaery series
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A Phaery Named Phredde - Stories to Eat with a Banana · Phredde and a Frog Named Bruce - Stories to Eat with a Watermelon · Phredde and the Zombie Librarian - Stories to Eat with a Blood Plum · Phredde and the Temple of Gloom - A Story to Eat with a Mandarin · Phredde and the Leopard Skin Librarian - A Story to Eat with a Dinosaur Apple · Phredde and the Purple Pyramid - A Story to Eat with a Passionfruit · Phredde and the Vampire Footie Team - A Story to Eat with an Orange at Half Time (2004) · Phredde and the Ghostly Underpants - A Story to Eat with a Mango (2005) · Phredde and the Runaway Ghost Train (2005)
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Mates - Great Australian Yarns series
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The Wombat and the Great Poohjam (2009)
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Outlands trilogy
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In the Blood (2001) · Blood Moon · Flesh and Blood (2003)
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Café on Callisto series
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Café on Callisto (1999) · Space Pirates on Callisto · Vampire Slugs on Callisto (2003)
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School for Heroes series
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Lessons for a Werewolf Warrior (2009) · Dance of the Deadly Dinosaurs (2010)
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Historical fiction
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Somewhere Around the Corner (1995) · Dancing with Ben Hall · Soldier on the Hill (1997) · Daughter of the Regiment (1998) · Hitler's Daughter (1999) · Lady Dance (2000) · How the Finnegans Saved the Ship (2001) · The White Ship (2002) · Tom Appleby, Convict Boy (2004) · They Came on Viking Ships (2005) · Macbeth and Son (2006) · Pharaoh (2007) · The Night They Stormed Eureka (2009) · Oracle (2010)
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Miscellaneous
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Walking the Boundaries (1993) · Music from the Sea (1993) · City in the Sand (1993) · House of a Hundred Animals (1993) · The Metal Men (1994) · The Secret Beach (1995) · Beyond the Boundaries (1996) · The Tribe that Sang to Trees (1996) · A Wombat Named Bosco (1996) · The Warrior - The Story of a Wombat (1996) · Summerland (1997) · The Book of Unicorns (1997) · Charlie's Gold (1999) · Tajore Arkle (1999) · The Roo that Won the Melbourne Cup (2001) · Blood Will Tell (2003) · Children of the Valley series
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Animal Heroes series
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The Goat who Sailed the World · The Dog who Loved a Queen (2007) · The Camel who Crossed Australia (2008) · The Donkey who Carried the Wounded (2009) · The Horse who Bit a Bushranger (2010)
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Miscellaneous
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Valley of Gold (2003) · To the Moon and Back: The Amazing Australians at the Forefront of Space Travel Plus Fantastic Moon Facts (2004) · The Secret World of Wombats (2005) · The Fascinating History of Your Lunch · Big Burps, Bare Bums and Other Bad-Mannered Blunders · The Wonderful World of Wallabies and Kangaroos (2008) · How High Can a Kangaroo Hop? · The Dinkum History series
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Historical fiction
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A Rose for the Anzac Boys (2008) · A Waltz for Matilda (2010)
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Miscellaneous
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Missing You, Love Sara (2000) · Dark Wind Blowing (2001)
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| Adult fiction |
A War for Gentlemen (2003)
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Gardening books
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How to Guzzle Your Garden (2000) (with Judith Rossell) · Stamp, Stomp, Whomp and Other Interesting Ways to Get Rid of Pests (2000)
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Miscellaneous
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Seasons of Content (A Year in the Southern Highlands) (1998) · How the Aliens from Alpha Centauri Invaded My Maths Class and Turned Me Into a Writer · The Book of Challenges (2000) · Rocket Your Child into Reading (2004)
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