Text Guide Things We Didn't See Coming
Insight Text Guide
Timothy Roberts
Things We Didn’t
See Coming
Steven Amsterdam
Copyright Insight Publications 2010
First published in 2010 by
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:
Roberts, Timothy, 1979Steven Amsterdam’s things we didn’t see coming /
Timothy Roberts.
9781921411793 (pbk.)
Insight text guide.
For secondary school age.
Amsterdam, Steven; Things we didn’t see coming.
823.8
Printed in Australia by Ligare
contents
Character map
Overview
iv
1
About the author
1
Synopsis
2
Character list
3
Background & context
4
Genre, structure & language
10
Chapter-by-chapter analysis
16
Characters & relationships
30
Themes, ideas & values
39
Different interpretations
Timothy Roberts
Things We Didn’t
See Coming
Steven Amsterdam
Copyright Insight Publications 2010
First published in 2010 by
Insight Publications Pty Ltd
ABN 57 005 102 983
219 Glenhuntly Road
Elsternwick VIC 3185
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9523 0044
Fax: +61 3 9523 2044
Email: books@insightpublications.com.au www.insightpublications.com.au Copying for educational purposes
The Australian Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of one chapter or 10% of this book, whichever is the greater, to be copied by any educational institution for its educational purposes provided that the educational institution (or the body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act.
For details of the CAL licence for educational institutions contact:
Copyright Agency Limited
Level 19, 157 Liverpool Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: +61 2 9394 7600
Fax: +61 2 9394 7601
Email: info@copyright.com.au
Copying for other purposes
Except as permitted under the Act (for example, any fair dealing for the purposes of study, research, criticism or review) no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission. All inquiries should be made to the publisher at the address above.
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:
Roberts, Timothy, 1979Steven Amsterdam’s things we didn’t see coming /
Timothy Roberts.
9781921411793 (pbk.)
Insight text guide.
For secondary school age.
Amsterdam, Steven; Things we didn’t see coming.
823.8
Printed in Australia by Ligare
contents
Character map
Overview
iv
1
About the author
1
Synopsis
2
Character list
3
Background & context
4
Genre, structure & language
10
Chapter-by-chapter analysis
16
Characters & relationships
30
Themes, ideas & values
39
Different interpretations