Dark Wind Blowing

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 twenty-first century.

Dark Wind Blowing
AuthorJackie French
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult literature
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
2001

Plot

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.

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 from Manchester in England, Mike has a crush on her which plays an important role in the book.

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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gollark: Current Discord culture does not really care.
gollark: I'm glad the staff team has realized the supremacy of Rust over all other languages.
gollark: I think it would make more sense and be less complex if users actually had to send transactions to transfer money, instead of just letting things make them for them and hoping the things can be trusted.
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