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' Highly recommended in 'Black in Focus', the only publication which covers all books published in Australia about Aboriginal issues, this is a novel that raises many of those issues, without any didactism. It is the first of two connected novels the other being The Sun is Rising. It is centred around 15 year old Scilla, who goes from the city to spend a year in a small country town, Hogan's Creek, where her father and grandmother live. Hogan's Creek is about to celebrate its centenary--and tensions are rising, because not everyone sees the town's beginnings in the same way. As feelings between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people become charged, Scilla begins to understand that life is full of strange, painful and extraordinary complexities. This novel has been used in many schools to promote discussion on issues of racism and misunderstanding, but it is far more than that. It relies on its characters and on emotional subtlety to carry its message across.' (Sophie Masson).
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Companion volume to The Sun is Rising
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Know the Author : Sophie Masson
1996
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 11 no. 3 1996; (p. 16-18) -
'Sooner or Later' by Sophie Masson
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 2 no. 3 1994; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Sooner or Later 1991 single work novel -
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1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 7 no. 4 1992; (p. 33)
— Review of Sooner or Later 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: School Library News , August vol. 24 no. 3 1992; (p. 21)
— Review of Sooner or Later 1991 single work novel -
Windows to a Child's Own World
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 July 1992; (p. 7)
— Review of Scatterlings 1991 single work novel ; The Sea-Breeze Hotel 1989 single work picture book ; The China Coin 1991 single work novel ; A Bit of Company 1991 single work picture book ; Speedy 1991 single work children's fiction ; What's That Noise? What's That Sound? 1991 single work picture book ; Sooner or Later 1991 single work novel
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Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 4 1991; (p. 32)
— Review of Sooner or Later 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 7 no. 4 1992; (p. 33)
— Review of Sooner or Later 1991 single work novel -
'Sooner or Later' by Sophie Masson
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 2 no. 3 1994; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Sooner or Later 1991 single work novel -
Windows to a Child's Own World
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 July 1992; (p. 7)
— Review of Scatterlings 1991 single work novel ; The Sea-Breeze Hotel 1989 single work picture book ; The China Coin 1991 single work novel ; A Bit of Company 1991 single work picture book ; Speedy 1991 single work children's fiction ; What's That Noise? What's That Sound? 1991 single work picture book ; Sooner or Later 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: School Library News , August vol. 24 no. 3 1992; (p. 21)
— Review of Sooner or Later 1991 single work novel -
Know the Author : Sophie Masson
1996
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 11 no. 3 1996; (p. 16-18)