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Shadows in the Mirror (Reissue)
by Cameron Nunn
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In the corridors of Hamilton college lies a secret. Behind the facade of wealth and power is a world of brutality, where rugby controls lives and boys must learn to be men... even if it kills them. When one student takes a stand, another must decide what really matters. Events of the past avalanche into the present and bring students face to face with the shadows in the mirror.
Reviews
Shadows in the Mirror made an impact from the first page... I found this book deeply moving and very difficult to put down
— Buzz Words
Several years ago bullying was big in teen fiction. Mostly the treatments tended to be well-meaning, but leaden. Debut novelist Cameron Nunn eschews the preaching for a taut thriller format... Nunn is a teacher, and depicts teens well. But on the strength of this book he could easily write adult thrillers.
— The Age
Anyone who has suffered a bad boarding school experience will find Nunn's book alternately unsettling and cathartic. It is crisply written and briskly paced, with an ambiguous but satisfying ending.
— The Courier Mail
...depicts a stifling environment where violence spirals out of control and young lives suffer permanent damage... this is a great read with plenty of issues that the school and library markets will love
— Junior Bookseller+Publisher
...this multi-layered story had me hanging on to my seat... an engrossing read, one that will appeal to many children from early secondary, learning about the choices they will need to make in life
— Magpies
...a great read with plenty of issues that the school and library markets will love
— Junior Bookseller+Publisher
This brilliant debut novel is set in an elite Sydney boys college. Cameron Nunn's school playground acts as a metaphor for the greater world, in which authority should be questioned and individuals must trust their moral instinct.
— The Weekend Australian
Watch out for this superb thriller (and) coming of age story... it would work well at senior level, and bears comparison with other school based stories currently being used as class texts.
— South Australian English Teachers Association Newsletter
Shadows in the Mirror is a gripping page-turner older readers will not be able to put down
— Classroom
Watch out for this superb thriller
— South Australian English Teachers’ Association
Extraordinarily powerful, deeply affecting, and utterly compelling, one of the best books I read all year. I wish every teenage student could read it. What a superb writing debut!
— Lynndy Bennett, Glee Books
A taut thriller... Nunn is a teacher, and depicts teens well. But on the strength of this book he could easily write adult thrillers
— The Age
Nunn has crafted a well-written, fast-paced and suspenseful story which, one hopes, will ring true with no child. The book will, doubtless, draw comparisons with Robert Cormier’s The Chocolate War
— Viewpoint