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'Ossie is an outcast. Traveling with his late father's bike gang, his head is full of his father's death and his mother's abandonment. Ossie's life goes from bad to worse. He crashes his bike, is reviled by his gang, and spends months in recovery. Then he meets Essie Ellis, a manipulative little old lady with a passion for living. Their relationship takes Ossie on a physical and emotional journey where he learns, through Essie's experience of life, what it means to love and be loved. Ossie learns about life from her - about words, ideas and books - with poignant reference to The Wind in the Willows deftly woven through the novel. Essie tells him the legend of the Glass Mountain and together they take a journey that will end in a trial and a conviction, but also in a life redeemed.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Dedication: For Tim and Carena and Annie and Michael.
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Epigraph: 'And there was a great silence in the House of Judgement. And the soul of the man stood naked before God. And God opened the book of the man's life and said, 'Surely thou hast been evil. Since thou hast done all these things, even in to hell will I send thee.' And the man cried out, ' Thou canst not send me into hell.' And God said, 'Wherefore can I not send thee into hell?' And the man answered. ' Because in hell I have always lived.' And there was a great silence in the House of Judgementt. And God said to the man, 'Seeing that I may not send thee into hell, even into heaven will I send thee.' And the man said, 'Thou cast not send me into heaven?' And God said, ' Wherefore can I not send thee into heaven?' And the man said, ' Because I have never been able to imagine it.' And there was a great silence in the House of Judgement. - Traditional Irish folk Tale.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Ernie Tucker on Books
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , Winter no. 140 2004; (p. 58-68) -
Review of The Glass Mountain
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 47 no. 3 2003; (p. 45)
— Review of The Glass Mountain 2003 single work novel -
Review of The Glass Mountain
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 17 no. 2 2003; (p. 49)
— Review of The Glass Mountain 2003 single work novel -
Book Reviews
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 June 2003; (p. 4)
— Review of The Glass Mountain 2003 single work novel -
Connecting Age and Youth
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 11 no. 2 2003; (p. 34)
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Review of The Glass Mountain
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 April 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of The Glass Mountain 2003 single work novel -
Young Adult Fiction
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 May 2003; (p. 11)
— Review of Burning Eddy 2003 single work novel ; The Glass Mountain 2003 single work novel ; Too Flash 2002 single work novel ; Sky Legs 2003 single work novel -
[Review] The Glass Mountain
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 18 no. 2 2003; (p. 43)
— Review of The Glass Mountain 2003 single work novel -
Feeling Unsafe
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 252 2003; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Saving Francesca 2003 single work novel ; The Black House 2003 single work children's fiction ; Surviving Aunt Marsha 2003 single work children's fiction ; The Glass Mountain 2003 single work novel ; Nips Go National 2003 single work children's fiction -
Book Reviews
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 June 2003; (p. 4)
— Review of The Glass Mountain 2003 single work novel -
Scaling the Glass Mountain
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 11 no. 2 2003; (p. 4-5) -
Connecting Age and Youth
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 11 no. 2 2003; (p. 34) -
Ernie Tucker on Books
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , Winter no. 140 2004; (p. 58-68)