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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
'Stories deal with a grandmother who is visited by someone who claims to be the reincarnation of her sister, a group of boarding-school students who unmercifully torment an unpopular classmate, a boy imprisoned in a soundproof room for sixteen years by his mother and aunt, and other situations.' (Publication summary)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Ringwood,
Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area,
Melbourne - East,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Viking
, 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Elpy, single work short story
- Little Beast, single work short story
- The Key, single work short story
- Octopi, single work short story
- We'll Look After You, single work short story
- Stone Angel, single work short story
- Expanding, single work short story
- A Perfectly Lovely Time, single work short story
- Someone, Somewhere, single work short story
- Getting Even., single work short story
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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[Review] Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The School Librarian , February vol. 40 no. 1 1992; (p. 31)
— Review of Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice 1990 selected work short story -
[Review] Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 6 no. 1 1991; (p. 31)
— Review of Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice 1990 selected work short story -
[Review] Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 1 1991; (p. 28)
— Review of Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice 1990 selected work short story -
Light and Darkness Not So Black and White
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 December 1990; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Brother Night 1990 single work novel ; Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice 1990 selected work short story -
Kids' Books
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 126 1990; (p. 46-47)
— Review of Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice 1990 selected work short story ; Flashback : The Amazing Adventures of a Film Horse 1990 single work children's fiction ; Fly into Danger 1977 single work children's fiction ; Unbearable! : More Bizarre Stories 1990 selected work children's fiction
-
[Review] Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 6 no. 1 1991; (p. 31)
— Review of Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice 1990 selected work short story -
Kids' Books
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 126 1990; (p. 46-47)
— Review of Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice 1990 selected work short story ; Flashback : The Amazing Adventures of a Film Horse 1990 single work children's fiction ; Fly into Danger 1977 single work children's fiction ; Unbearable! : More Bizarre Stories 1990 selected work children's fiction -
Light and Darkness Not So Black and White
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 December 1990; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Brother Night 1990 single work novel ; Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice 1990 selected work short story -
[Review] Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The School Librarian , February vol. 40 no. 1 1992; (p. 31)
— Review of Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice 1990 selected work short story -
[Review] Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 1 1991; (p. 28)
— Review of Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice 1990 selected work short story
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