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'A sixteen-year-old girl living in Sydney joins a rock hound group and finds to her pleasant surprise that her interest in a certain boy exceeds her interest in gems.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Days Never Done : The Life and Work of Hesba Fay Brinsmead
Woollahra
:
Unity Press
,
2002
Z978399
2002
single work
biography
'Hesba Brinsmead was one of the pioneeers of Australian children's literature, some saying she virtually invented the teenage novel. She published 23 novels for children and teenagers. She set out to entertain, and her books are full of humour, and are a fusion of 'truth and romantic vision' set in diverse locations, and have been loved by generations of young people.' (Publication summary)
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Hesba Fay Brinsmead : Truth and Romantic Vision
1981
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 133-157)
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Hesba Fay Brinsmead : Truth and Romantic Vision
1981
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 133-157) -
y
Days Never Done : The Life and Work of Hesba Fay Brinsmead
Woollahra
:
Unity Press
,
2002
Z978399
2002
single work
biography
'Hesba Brinsmead was one of the pioneeers of Australian children's literature, some saying she virtually invented the teenage novel. She published 23 novels for children and teenagers. She set out to entertain, and her books are full of humour, and are a fusion of 'truth and romantic vision' set in diverse locations, and have been loved by generations of young people.' (Publication summary)
Awards
- Bush,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,
- Country towns,
- Urban,
