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Issue Details: First known date: 1971... 1971 The Shape of Three
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'When Greg Herbert is suddenly confronted with Bruce, his double, the results wreak havoc on his hitherto close relationship with the boy he always thought was his twin brother, Shane. The two very different families: the Herberts, with their five children and their noisy, crowded household; and the Cunninghams in their over-tidy house in a prosperous Sydney suburb, become embroiled in an impossible situation.' (Source: Book Flyleaf)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Japanese translation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Collins ,
      1971 .
      image of person or book cover 7361238847205775672.jpg
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      Extent: 192p.
      ISBN: 0001847627
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      H. Z. Walck ,
      1972 .
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      Extent: 192p.
      ISBN: 0809831023
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Collins ,
      1975 .
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      Extent: 159p.
      ISBN: 0006709362
      Series: Lions Collins (publisher), series - publisher
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Climb a Lonely Hill [and] The Shape of Three Lilith Norman , Sydney : John Ferguson , 1981 Z933553 1981 selected work children's fiction children's Sydney : John Ferguson , 1981
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Collins , 1986 .
      Extent: 192p.
      ISBN: 0006715974
    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Red Fox , 1996 .
      Extent: 249p.
      ISBN: 0091830222 (pbk)
Alternative title: シドニーのふたご
Transliterated title: Shidoni no futago
Language: Japanese
    • Tokyo, Honshu,
      c
      Japan,
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      East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
      :
      Shinozaki Shorin ,
      1977 .
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      Extent: 305p.
      Description: illus.

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  • Also braille, sound recording.

Works about this Work

Other Selves: Subjectivity and the 'Doppelganger' in Australian Adolescent Fiction Robyn McCallum , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Writing the Australian Child : Texts and Contexts in Fictions for Children 1996; (p. 17-36)
Children's Book Week Competition Results 1972 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 44 1972; (p. 13-15)
The results of a competition in which children were asked to review one of twelve books suggested for reading. The article includes four of the reviews. Gilbert Elliott (winner); Jeanette Miflin (second); Ruth Morrison (joint third); Elizabeth Bain (joint third).
[Review] The Shape of Three Eve Pownall , 1971 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , October no. 41 1971; (p. 52-53)

— Review of The Shape of Three Lilith Norman , 1971 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Shape of Three Eve Pownall , 1971 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , October no. 41 1971; (p. 52-53)

— Review of The Shape of Three Lilith Norman , 1971 single work children's fiction
Other Selves: Subjectivity and the 'Doppelganger' in Australian Adolescent Fiction Robyn McCallum , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Writing the Australian Child : Texts and Contexts in Fictions for Children 1996; (p. 17-36)
Children's Book Week Competition Results 1972 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 44 1972; (p. 13-15)
The results of a competition in which children were asked to review one of twelve books suggested for reading. The article includes four of the reviews. Gilbert Elliott (winner); Jeanette Miflin (second); Ruth Morrison (joint third); Elizabeth Bain (joint third).
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