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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Hot Pursuit
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y separately published work icon Melissa Jaye Francis , Ringwood : Penguin , 1991 7155433 1991 single work novel young adult

'Melissa, Franca, Louise and Rebecca are on the scene when a valuable painting is stolen. The girls act on their suspicions and decide to investigate. ' (Publication abstract)

 Ringwood : Penguin , 1991
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y separately published work icon Franca Merrilee Moss , Ringwood : Penguin , 1991 Z51919 1991 single work novel young adult

'Time seemed to have stopped as Franca jumped slowly backwards through the air. A pair of hands clutched at her...

After school Franca works as a gardener. She dreams of training at Horticultural College but getting better marks seems impossible.

However, Franca is no fool. After their quest for the missing painting, the homes of her three friends - Melissa, Louise and Rebecca - have been robbed and she is convinced that someone is plotting against them all. But they don't believe her. So Franca must work alone...as a Student Detective Extraordinaire! But what does she know about chasing criminals? Will she walk blindly into danger? And what does the dark-eyed Jason Honeywell know about the whole mysterious business?' (Publisher's blurb)

 Ringwood : Penguin , 1991
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y separately published work icon Louise Merrilee Moss , Ringwood : Penguin , 1991 Z51815 1991 single work novel young adult ‘Collins charged out to the bushes. Without thinking, I dived across the clearing – straight for his feet… Louise had done it! Said goodbye to her parents and friends and landed with a group of art students in Alice Springs. But it is not going to be a relaxed painting holiday. From the moment Louise recognises a stolen Aboriginal wood carving, she becomes caught up in the intrigue of corrupt art dealers. Back in Melbourne, her friends – Melissa, Franca and Rebecca – are too far away to help. How will she make sense of all the strange events going on around her? In fact, she discovers that she is more capable than she ever imagined. Still, when she meets the thrill seeking, tour guid Rod, life becomes a high-speed adventure.’ (Publisher’s blurb) Ringwood : Penguin , 1991
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y separately published work icon Rebecca Jaye Francis , Ringwood : Penguin , 1991 Z51714 1991 single work novel young adult romance Rebecca is missing, but does anyone care? Theo her new friend senses that something is really wrong and begins to search. (Libraries Australia) Ringwood : Penguin , 1991
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y separately published work icon Troy Jaye Francis , Ringwood : Penguin Books , 1993 7155406 1993 single work novel young adult

'Troy and Jonathan might have been friends for years but on the day they meet Kristi Morgan, they instantly became rivals. Jonathon is trying to get his Speedtracks back from Dred,who stole them, so why is Kristi trying to stop him. ' (Publication Summary)

 Ringwood : Penguin Books , 1993
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y separately published work icon Kristi Merrilee Moss , Ringwood : Penguin , 1993 Z1584675 1993 single work novel young adult Ringwood : Penguin , 1993
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y separately published work icon Semra Merrilee Moss , Ringwood : Penguin , 1993 Z796182 1993 single work novel young adult romance ‘There was a huge crash and the room exploded with flying glass. Semra felt something against the side of her neck…then Belle screamed. Life was okay now Semra had discovered her talent for the drums. And even better since meeting Omer – although she could never let her father know she had a boyfriend. Then suddenly, Semra is under attack. Midget and his mates follow her after school, harassing her day after day. Her friends, Kristi, Belle and Franca, decide they are not going to let a gang of toughs get away with it, so they devise a plot of their own. But they could never have guessed that they were about to confront something even more menacing and dangerous…’ (Publisher’s blurb) Ringwood : Penguin , 1993
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y separately published work icon Belle Jaye Francis , Ringwood : Penguin , 1993 Z261494 1993 single work novel young adult romance Belle is practical, and prefers action to talk, so how did she get landed with Troy, an airhead , as a team mate? All they have to do is get the information across town to Parliament House. (Libraries Australia) Ringwood : Penguin , 1993

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1991
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 1991-1993 .
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Works about this Work

[Review] Hot Pursuit Sally Eaton , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 3 1993; (p. 13)
— Review of Hot Pursuit 1991 series - publisher novel
[Review] Hot Pursuit Marion Bannister , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 37 no. 4 1993; (p. 28)
— Review of Hot Pursuit 1991 series - publisher novel
[Review] Hot Pursuit Marion Bannister , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 37 no. 4 1993; (p. 28)
— Review of Hot Pursuit 1991 series - publisher novel
[Review] Hot Pursuit Sally Eaton , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 3 1993; (p. 13)
— Review of Hot Pursuit 1991 series - publisher novel
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