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'Grant loves trains and the morning he sees the inter-city XPT is just the start of what turns out to be the extraordinary day on which he is kidnapped by an unfamiliar woman and her daughter.' -- Libraries Australia record.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille and sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Poet's Eye and Pen Enhance a Happy Summer Story
single work
review
— Review of Deezle Boy 1987 single work novel -
New Values, New Awards
1991
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 6 no. 4 1991; (p. 14-16) -
And the Winners Are!
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 August 1988; (p. 14)
— Review of So Much to Tell You 1987 single work novel ; Where the Forest Meets the Sea 1987 single work picture book ; I Am Susannah 1987 single work novel ; Crusher is Coming! 1987 single work picture book ; The Long Red Scarf 1987 single work picture book ; Deezle Boy 1987 single work novel ; My Place : The Story of Australia from Now to Then 1987 single work picture book -
Exploring Problems of Youth
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 August 1988;
— Review of So Much to Tell You 1987 single work novel ; Deezle Boy 1987 single work novel -
Nude Boy in Cover-Up
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 April 1988;
— Review of Where the Forest Meets the Sea 1987 single work picture book ; So Much to Tell You 1987 single work novel ; Pheasant and Kingfisher 1987 single work picture book ; The Long Red Scarf 1987 single work picture book ; The Landing : A Night of Birds 1987 single work children's fiction ; Deezle Boy 1987 single work novel ; My Place : The Story of Australia from Now to Then 1987 single work picture book ; Digging to China 1988 single work picture book ; Obernewtyn 1987 single work novel ; A Paddock of Poems 1987 selected work poetry ; Looking Out For Sampson 1987 single work children's fiction ; The Makers 1987 single work novel ; Birk, the Berserker 1987 single work children's fiction ; Tucking Mummy In 1987 single work picture book
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[Review] Deezle Boy
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 2 no. 5 1987; (p. 24)
— Review of Deezle Boy 1987 single work novel -
Poet's Eye and Pen Enhance a Happy Summer Story
single work
review
— Review of Deezle Boy 1987 single work novel -
First-Time Storyteller Makes the Big Time
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 August 1988;
— Review of So Much to Tell You 1987 single work novel ; Crusher is Coming! 1987 single work picture book ; My Place : The Story of Australia from Now to Then 1987 single work picture book ; Deezle Boy 1987 single work novel ; The Long Red Scarf 1987 single work picture book ; Where the Forest Meets the Sea 1987 single work picture book -
Nude Boy in Cover-Up
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 April 1988;
— Review of Where the Forest Meets the Sea 1987 single work picture book ; So Much to Tell You 1987 single work novel ; Pheasant and Kingfisher 1987 single work picture book ; The Long Red Scarf 1987 single work picture book ; The Landing : A Night of Birds 1987 single work children's fiction ; Deezle Boy 1987 single work novel ; My Place : The Story of Australia from Now to Then 1987 single work picture book ; Digging to China 1988 single work picture book ; Obernewtyn 1987 single work novel ; A Paddock of Poems 1987 selected work poetry ; Looking Out For Sampson 1987 single work children's fiction ; The Makers 1987 single work novel ; Birk, the Berserker 1987 single work children's fiction ; Tucking Mummy In 1987 single work picture book -
Exploring Problems of Youth
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 August 1988;
— Review of So Much to Tell You 1987 single work novel ; Deezle Boy 1987 single work novel -
New Values, New Awards
1991
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 6 no. 4 1991; (p. 14-16) -
Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards: 1988 Judges' Report
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 32 no. 3 1988; (p. 5-12)
Awards
- 1988 inaugural winner Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature
- 1988 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
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