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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Lisdalia
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Life is not easy for Lisdalia. Her dad is opposed to the idea of education for girls. Her teacher encourages her to enter a poetry competition, she puts all her rebellious feelings into verse. When her dad goes into hospital, his views change.

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Works about this Work

Untitled Kerry Boyd , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 9 no. 1 1995; (p. 11-12)

— Review of Lisdalia Brian Caswell , 1994 single work children's fiction
You've Come a Long Way, Baby : Multicultural Literature for Children Wendy Morgan , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Language and Literacy , November vol. 18 no. 4 1995; (p. 270-281)
Untitled Halina Nowicka , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 39 no. 1 1995; (p. 21)

— Review of Lisdalia Brian Caswell , 1994 single work children's fiction
Untitled Nola Cavallaro , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 9 no. 5 1994; (p. 31)

— Review of Lisdalia Brian Caswell , 1994 single work children's fiction
Books to Look Forward to 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 9 no. 3 1994; (p. 24)

— Review of Lisdalia Brian Caswell , 1994 single work children's fiction ; Pagan in Exile Catherine Jinks , 1994 single work novel ; Life in a Rotten Log Kathie Atkinson , 1993 single work information book ; Hands Up! : Who Enjoyed their Schooldays 1994 anthology short story prose extract biography
Books to Look Forward to 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 9 no. 3 1994; (p. 24)

— Review of Lisdalia Brian Caswell , 1994 single work children's fiction ; Pagan in Exile Catherine Jinks , 1994 single work novel ; Life in a Rotten Log Kathie Atkinson , 1993 single work information book ; Hands Up! : Who Enjoyed their Schooldays 1994 anthology short story prose extract biography
Untitled Nola Cavallaro , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 9 no. 5 1994; (p. 31)

— Review of Lisdalia Brian Caswell , 1994 single work children's fiction
Untitled Kerry Boyd , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 9 no. 1 1995; (p. 11-12)

— Review of Lisdalia Brian Caswell , 1994 single work children's fiction
Untitled Louise Bawden , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 2 no. 3 1994; (p. 18)

— Review of Lisdalia Brian Caswell , 1994 single work children's fiction
Untitled Halina Nowicka , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 39 no. 1 1995; (p. 21)

— Review of Lisdalia Brian Caswell , 1994 single work children's fiction
You've Come a Long Way, Baby : Multicultural Literature for Children Wendy Morgan , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Language and Literacy , November vol. 18 no. 4 1995; (p. 270-281)
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