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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Hero
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'School is out but the Hawkesbury River has broken its banks and three children go their separate ways - to meet at a flooded bridge. One will become a hero. But which one?' (Source: author's website).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking Kestrel , 1990 .
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      Extent: 141p.
      ISBN: 0670830968
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1991 .
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      Extent: 140p.
      ISBN: 0140344276 (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

Allan Baillie Agnes Nieuwenhuizen (interviewer), 1991 single work criticism biography interview
— Appears in: No Kidding : Top Writers for Young People Talk About their Work 1991; (p. 1-24)
Kids Don't Need More Old Hat Robin Morrow , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 July 1991; (p. 4)
— Review of Hector and Maggie Janet McLean , 1990 single work picture book ; Magic Beach Alison Lester , 1990 single work picture book ; Strange Objects Gary Crew , 1990 single work novel ; The Farseekers Isobelle Carmody , 1990 single work novel ; Captain Deadlight's Treasure S. A. Wakefield , 1990 single work children's fiction ; Jeremy's Tail : A Story Duncan Ball , 1990 single work picture book ; Hero Allan Baillie , 1990 single work novel ; First at Last : And Other Stories Julia McClelland , 1990 selected work children's fiction ; Greetings from Sandy Beach Bob Graham , 1990 single work picture book ; Speaking to Miranda Caroline Macdonald , 1990 single work novel ; Boris and Borsch Robin Klein , 1990 single work picture book
[Review] Hero Laurie Copping , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 34 no. 3 1990; (p. 26)
— Review of Hero Allan Baillie , 1990 single work novel
Healthy Diagnosis for Children's Literature Laurie Copping , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 September 1990; (p. B8)
— Review of Dusting in Love Max Dann , 1990 single work children's fiction ; The Story Makers II : A Second Collection of Interviews with Australian and New Zealand Authors and Illustrators for Young People 1989 anthology autobiography ; There's a Bushranger in My Bedroom Thurley Fowler , 1990 single work children's fiction ; Hero Allan Baillie , 1990 single work novel
[Review] Hero M. C. , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Junior Bookshelf , June vol. 54 no. 3 1990; (p. 139)
— Review of Hero Allan Baillie , 1990 single work novel
Kids Don't Need More Old Hat Robin Morrow , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 July 1991; (p. 4)
— Review of Hector and Maggie Janet McLean , 1990 single work picture book ; Magic Beach Alison Lester , 1990 single work picture book ; Strange Objects Gary Crew , 1990 single work novel ; The Farseekers Isobelle Carmody , 1990 single work novel ; Captain Deadlight's Treasure S. A. Wakefield , 1990 single work children's fiction ; Jeremy's Tail : A Story Duncan Ball , 1990 single work picture book ; Hero Allan Baillie , 1990 single work novel ; First at Last : And Other Stories Julia McClelland , 1990 selected work children's fiction ; Greetings from Sandy Beach Bob Graham , 1990 single work picture book ; Speaking to Miranda Caroline Macdonald , 1990 single work novel ; Boris and Borsch Robin Klein , 1990 single work picture book
Teenagers Agnes Nieuwenhuizen , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 June 1990; (p. 9)
— Review of Hero Allan Baillie , 1990 single work novel
Kids' Books Meg Sorensen , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 119 1990; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Hero Allan Baillie , 1990 single work novel ; The Road to Summering Maureen Pople , 1990 single work novel ; Clare Street Nora Dugon , 1990 single work novel ; Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo Tim Winton , 1990 single work novel
With a Little Imagination... Leonie Tyle , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 July 1990; (p. 7)
— Review of Something Rich and Strange Margaret Wild , 1990 single work children's fiction ; The 9 Lives of Balthazar Anna Fienberg , 1989 single work picture book ; I Went Walking Sue Machin , 1989 single work picture book ; Hero Allan Baillie , 1990 single work novel ; Imagine Alison Lester , 1989 single work picture book
Complex Characters Thrive in Flights of Self-Expression' 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 March 1990;
— Review of Hero Allan Baillie , 1990 single work novel
Allan Baillie Agnes Nieuwenhuizen (interviewer), 1991 single work criticism biography interview
— Appears in: No Kidding : Top Writers for Young People Talk About their Work 1991; (p. 1-24)
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Last amended 30 Oct 2017 14:27:00
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Hawkesbury area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
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