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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Gilbert's Ghost Train
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As his younger brother slowly dies of leukemia, Marty struggles to accept the reality of death while also trying to discover the truth about an ex-railway man who mysteriously appears near their Australian home. (LA)

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y separately published work icon Death, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Adolescent Literature Kathryn James , New York (City) : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group , 2009 Z1790145 2009 single work criticism
Untitled Margaret Strickland , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 1 1999; (p. 32)

— Review of Gilbert's Ghost Train David Metzenthen , 1998 single work novel
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1998 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 42 no. 3 1998; (p. 3-13)
Judge's report of the winners and shortlisted books in this year's CBCA awards.
Untitled Judith James , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 42 no. 2 1998; (p. 22)

— Review of Gilbert's Ghost Train David Metzenthen , 1998 single work novel
Gilbert's Ghost Train Kate Cantrell , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 15 August 1998; (p. 8)

— Review of Gilbert's Ghost Train David Metzenthen , 1998 single work novel
Untitled Judith James , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 42 no. 2 1998; (p. 22)

— Review of Gilbert's Ghost Train David Metzenthen , 1998 single work novel
Untitled Margaret Strickland , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 1 1999; (p. 32)

— Review of Gilbert's Ghost Train David Metzenthen , 1998 single work novel
The Adventures of an Outcast Laurie Copping , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 August 1998; (p. 22)

— Review of Lockie Leonard, Legend Tim Winton , 1997 single work novel ; Eye to Eye Catherine Jinks , 1997 single work novel ; Gilbert's Ghost Train David Metzenthen , 1998 single work novel
Gilbert's Ghost Train Kate Cantrell , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 15 August 1998; (p. 8)

— Review of Gilbert's Ghost Train David Metzenthen , 1998 single work novel
'Gilbert's Ghost Train' by David Metzenthen Judith Craze , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 5 no. 4 1997; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Gilbert's Ghost Train David Metzenthen , 1998 single work novel
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1998 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 42 no. 3 1998; (p. 3-13)
Judge's report of the winners and shortlisted books in this year's CBCA awards.
y separately published work icon Death, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Adolescent Literature Kathryn James , New York (City) : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group , 2009 Z1790145 2009 single work criticism
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