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'Cross My Heart is the story of a 17 year old girl from a country-family who runs away from home after deciding that she doesn’t want to marry her boyfriend as is expected of her just because she is pregnant (she was never asked about the marriage, he just asked her parents and it was excepted that she would accept the situation), and an ex-crim in his early twenties who has just got out of jail on good behaviour. Both looking for work. He offers her a lift on his bike to save her being picked up by a group of guys he knows is danger and they end up riding across half of Australia.' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille and sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 15 no. 3 2001; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Cross My Heart 1993 single work novel -
Fires Inside and Out Bring Life to the Boil
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 September 2001; (p. 17)
— Review of Burnt Out 2001 single work children's fiction ; Cross My Heart 1993 single work novel ; Mahalia 2001 single work novel -
Nun Too Good
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 May 2001; (p. 10)
— Review of Cross My Heart 1993 single work novel ; Dear Henry 2001 single work novel -
What I Want to Read
1994
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Written World : Youth and Literature 1994; (p. 19-28) -
How Writers Get it Right - Eventually : Keeping Alive Spontaneity
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 16 May 1994; (p. 3)
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Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 37 no. 3 1993; (p. 34)
— Review of Cross My Heart 1993 single work novel -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 8 no. 5 1993; (p. 35)
— Review of Cross My Heart 1993 single work novel -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 15 no. 3 2001; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Cross My Heart 1993 single work novel -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 2 1993; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Cross My Heart 1993 single work novel -
From the Word Go : Books for Younger Readers
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 153 1993; (p. 59-60)
— Review of The Autumn Tree 1993 single work novel ; Timmy 1993 single work children's fiction ; Cross My Heart 1993 single work novel ; The Hottest Boy Who Ever Lived 1993 single work picture book -
How Writers Get it Right - Eventually : Keeping Alive Spontaneity
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 16 May 1994; (p. 3) -
What I Want to Read
1994
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Written World : Youth and Literature 1994; (p. 19-28)
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- Broken Hill area, Far West NSW, New South Wales,
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