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From endmatter Jancy Stands Alone
Anne Bracken Anne Bracken i(A45883 works by)
Also writes as: Ann Bracken
Born: Established:
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Patch the Puppy Anne Bracken , Sydney : Jons Productions , 1951 Z1286577 1951 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Jancy in Pursuit Anne Bracken , Sydney : Jons Productions , 1950 Z831322 1950 single work children's fiction children's According to Rachel Crawford's Bonza Schooldays, 'In Jancy in Pursuit, Jancy and Rusty spend their Christmas holidays with Rusty's grandmother, rescue an author from a gang of kidnappers, and help clear a woman's deceased husband who was wrongly convicted of embezzlement'.
1 y separately published work icon The Tuppity Twins Anne Bracken , Sydney : Jons Productions , 1947 Z1322578 1947 single work children's fiction children's The Tuppity twin kittens take a walk around the farm and get an education into the different personalities of the farm animals.
1 y separately published work icon A Tale of Two Tails : Patch and His Friend Pom-Pom Anne Bracken , Sydney : Jons Productions , 1947 Z1286590 1947 single work children's fiction children's Patch the dog makes friends with the new pet monkey but the other animals in the Legs household are not so understanding.
1 1 y separately published work icon Penny and Dorabella at the Circus Anne Bracken , Sydney : Jons Productions , 1947 Z1285893 1947 single work children's fiction children's
1 1 y separately published work icon Penny and Dorabella at the Beach Anne Bracken , Sydney : Jons Productions , 1947 Z834793 1947 single work children's fiction children's
1 1 y separately published work icon Jancy Scores Again Anne Bracken , Sydney : Jons Productions , 1947 Z831325 1947 single work children's fiction children's According to Rachel Crawford's Bonza Schooldays, 'Jancy's schooldays are continued in Jancy Scores Again, which mostly centres on the mysteries surrounding two new girls at Jancy's school. As with Bracken's previous Jancy title, Jancy Wins Through, the school provides a background for mystery and adventure plots. The two new girls who arouse interest at the school are Giralda Channing, a glamorous American teenager, and twelve-year-old Brigid O'Brien, a pianist prodigy. Giralda rouses Jancy's interest when she appears to go into hysterics when Brigid is playing, while Brigid and her Nurse seem to be hiding from someone.'
1 y separately published work icon The Twins to the Rescue Anne Bracken , Sydney : Jons Productions , 1947 Z830609 1947 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Being the (Mis)Adventures of Podgy the Penguin Anne Bracken , Sydney : Jons Productions , 1946 Z1322553 1946 single work children's fiction children's Podgy falls into the feeder's pail at the zoo and thereby gets a ride to visit and play with some of the other animals in different enclosures.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Lost Toyshop Anne Bracken , Piers , Piers (illustrator), Sydney : Colour Productions , 1946 Z1282246 1946 single work picture book children's
1 1 y separately published work icon The Twins Take Charge Anne Bracken , Sydney : Jons Productions , 1946 Z830612 1946 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Meg and Peg : Adventures of Two Peg Dolls Ann Bracken , Piers (illustrator), Sydney : Jons Productions , 1945 Z1322563 1945 single work picture book children's Meg and Peg, Pamela's new peg dolls, get a tour of the toy room on Snorter the train before settling into the dolls' house.
1 y separately published work icon The Tail (or Tale) of Patch the Puppy Patch the Puppy Anne Bracken , Sydney : Jons Productions , 1945 Z1286584 1945 single work children's fiction children's Patch the puppy gets into trouble for his bad behaviour and decides to run away from his owners, Mr and Mrs Legs.
1 1 y separately published work icon Jancy Wins Through Anne Bracken , Sydney : Jons Productions , 1945 Z835555 1945 single work children's fiction children's Rachel Crawford's Bonza Schooldays states: 'Twelve-year-old Jancy is sent to live with a friend of her father's family, while she attends Miss Grey's School. Jancy's mother had suffered a nervous breakdown following the disappearance of her husband during the war. Jancy gets intro trouble when an older girl tells the school that Jancy's father was a deserter, and most of the girls avoid her. When Jancy's aunt accuses her of stealing a necklace, Jancy decides to run away.'
1 y separately published work icon The Adventures of Flopsie Flat-Foot, the Walking Toy Anne Bracken , Sydney : Dawfox Productions , 1944 Z1490219 1944 single work children's fiction children's
1 Jancy Anne Bracken , 1940 series - author novel
1 1 y separately published work icon Jancy Stands Alone Anne Bracken , Sydney : Jons Productions , 1940-1949 Z834640 1940-1949 single work children's fiction children's

Rachel Crawford at Bonza Schooldays writes: ''In Jancy Stands Alone, Jancy is now fifteen and spends an action-packed Christmas holidays with three spinster sisters. A girl is saved from her evil stepmother, missing family money and jewels are found and a difficult uncontrollable son reforms. Jancy finds romance with a teenage boy called Geoffrey'.

The publisher's blurb states: 'The setting for this new book is the South Coast of New South Wales, that the author knows so well and, like "Jancy Wins Through," "Jancy Scores Again" and "Jancy in Pursuit," deals with the lively adventures of this frank, reliable and courageous girl who has now grown into a lovely young lady of fifteen. We meet the quaint fascinating old ladies Miss Emmeline, Miss Euphemia and Miss Eulalie, the good-looking young Englishman, Godfrey, and his arrogant brother, Geoffrey, the big, shaggy artist, Jerry Bentham, who Anne Bracken presents with affectionate understanding in this well-written story'.
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