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A young boy, Alan, is forced to live with his bossy aunt who runs a milkbar/cafe when his mother takes off. When the jukebox is put in her milkbar, Alan sees Elvis Presley songs bring love and then a miraculous change to his aunt. Though she wants to adopt him, Alan is hoping his mother may return. (Source: Trove)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] Love Me Tender
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 8 no. 2 1994; (p. 52)
— Review of Love Me Tender 1992 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Love Me Tender
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 2 1993; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Love Me Tender 1992 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Love Me Tender
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 8 no. 3 1993; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Love Me Tender 1992 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Love Me Tender
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July vol. 36 no. 3 1992; (p. 29)
— Review of Love Me Tender 1992 single work children's fiction -
Milkbars and Minks
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , December vol. 4 no. 4 1992; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Love Me Tender 1992 single work children's fiction
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[Review] Love Me Tender
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July vol. 36 no. 3 1992; (p. 29)
— Review of Love Me Tender 1992 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Love Me Tender
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 8 no. 3 1993; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Love Me Tender 1992 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Love Me Tender
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 8 no. 2 1994; (p. 52)
— Review of Love Me Tender 1992 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Love Me Tender
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 2 1993; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Love Me Tender 1992 single work children's fiction -
Forecasts
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , March vol. 71 no. 1024 1992; (p. 25-26)
— Review of Love Me Tender 1992 single work children's fiction ; Ganglands 1992 single work novel ; Aviva Gold 1992 single work novel ; Relative Strangers 1992 single work novel ; I Can Look After Myself 1992 single work novel ; Caught in Willaburra 1992 single work novel
Awards
- 1993 shortlisted Australian Multicultural Children's Literature Awards — Junior Section
Last amended 30 Nov 2022 12:13:52
Settings:
- Coogee, Randwick area, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1960s
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