Lockie Leonard
Lockie Leonard is a fictional character and the protagonist of a trilogy of young adult novels by Australian author Tim Winton.
Character
[edit]Lockie Leonard is a 12-year-old who moves to Angelus, a fictional, small coastal town in the southwest region of Western Australia. Lockie has to deal with starting high school in a new town, his father is a police officer who everybody calls Sarge, his mother Joy, is overly understanding, and his brother Phillip still wets the bed.[1] The books follow his adventures and the disasters which beset him. From falling in love, being dumped, finding a best friend, being embarrassed by his family, and through it all making discoveries about himself.[1][2][3]
The Lockie Leonard TV series, adapted from the books, was shot in Albany, Western Australia, and originally screened on the Nine Network in 2007, and a second season began airing in 2010. It was popular all around the world and still has many avid fans.[4]
Books in the series
[edit]Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo
[edit]Published in 1990 the book has been republished several times by different publishers and in different formats (print, eBook, audio, braille) and languages (English, French, Dutch).[5] Lockie Leonard is a teenage boy new in town who pines for the most unattainable girl in the class.[1]
A stage version, dramatised by Paige Gibbs and published by Currency Press,[6] was performed by the Perth Theatre Company 1995.[7] It was first commissioned and performed by the WA Youth Theatre Company, Perth, in 1993.[8] It won the following awards:[citation needed]
- 1991 Joint winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards: Children's Book
- 1993 American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults Award
- 1996 Winner YABBA Awards: Fiction for Older Readers
Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster
[edit]Published in 1993, the book has been republished several times by different publishers and in different formats (print, eBook, audio, braille) and languages (English, French).[9] Lockie has been dumped by his girlfriend but finds a new friend Egg the metal head, wants to save the planet and has a new love interest.[2]
Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster won the 1993 Wilderness Society Environment Award.[citation needed]
Lockie Leonard, Legend
[edit]Published in 1997, the book has been republished several times by different publishers and in different formats (print, eBook, audio, braille) and languages (English, French).[10] With the first year of High School behind him, Lockie finds embarrassing behaviour from all his family members but then events occur and Lockie makes some discoveries about himself.[3]
Lockie Leonard, Legend won the 1998 Family Award for Children's Literature.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]- Lockie Leonard (TV series) (2007–2010)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo". Penguin. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Lockie Leonard Scumbuster". Penguin. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Lockie Leonard : Legend". Penguin. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Lockie Leonard (2007 - current)". Australian Screen. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Lockie Leonard, human torpedo / Tim Winton". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Lockie Leonard by Paige Gibbs". Australia Plays. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo". AusStage. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "WA Youth Theatre Company Events". AusStage. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Lockie Leonard, scumbuster / by Tim Winton". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Lockie Leonard, legend / by Tim Winton". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2017.