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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Take My Word For It : Lisa's Journal
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While writing in a journal for class, Lisa gradually reveals her own personal feelings and concerns, while describing relationships with and problems of other girls at her boarding school. (Source: Singapore National Library)

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  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Korean translation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Chippendale, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan , 1993 .
      Extent: 113p.
      Reprinted: 2001
      ISBN: 0330273949 (pbk.)
Alternative title: 할말이 많아요 리사의 일기장
Language: Korean
    • Seoul,
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      South Korea,
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      Korea, East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,      :       Sol Book ,       2005 .
      Extent: 219p.
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John Marsden : 'Fighting On' John Foster , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 173-182)
[Review] Take My Word for It Sally Eaton , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 4 1993; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Take My Word For It : Lisa's Journal John Marsden , 1992 single work novel
[Review] Take My Word for It Rhonda Bracey , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 1 1993; (p. 20)
— Review of Take My Word For It : Lisa's Journal John Marsden , 1992 single work novel
[Review] Take My Word for It Joan Zahnleiter , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 8 no. 2 1993; (p. 32)
— Review of Take My Word For It : Lisa's Journal John Marsden , 1992 single work novel
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1993 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 37 no. 3 1993; (p. 2-8) Judge's report for the 1993 Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award.
[Review] Take My Word for It Robyn Sheahan-Bright , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 37 no. 2 1993; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Take My Word For It : Lisa's Journal John Marsden , 1992 single work novel
[Review] Take My Word for It Joan Zahnleiter , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 8 no. 2 1993; (p. 32)
— Review of Take My Word For It : Lisa's Journal John Marsden , 1992 single work novel
[Review] Take My Word for It Rhonda Bracey , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 1 1993; (p. 20)
— Review of Take My Word For It : Lisa's Journal John Marsden , 1992 single work novel
[Review] Take My Word for It Sally Eaton , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 4 1993; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Take My Word For It : Lisa's Journal John Marsden , 1992 single work novel
Exploring the Inner Minds of Young School Chums Katharine England , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 20 February 1993; (p. 5)
— Review of To the Dark Tower Victor Kelleher , 1992 single work novel ; Take My Word For It : Lisa's Journal John Marsden , 1992 single work novel ; Pagan's Crusade Catherine Jinks , 1992 single work novel
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1993 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 37 no. 3 1993; (p. 2-8) Judge's report for the 1993 Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award.
John Marsden : 'Fighting On' John Foster , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 173-182)
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