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'Twelve year old Eleanor doesn’t want to move from her home in the cool New England region of New South Wales, to the hot dry Western Plains and a new home on her mother’s family farm. One day, in the old schoolhouse on the farm, she makes an amazing discovery, finding her grandmother’s diary, written when she was Eleanor’s own age. Eleanor doesn’t remember her grandmother Elizabeth, who died when she was three: but as she explores the diary and its secrets, she begins to understand not only her grandmother’s life and personality, but also to appreciate the special qualities of the region where she lives.
'But her grandmother’s diary will prove to be much more than just absorbing reading material, when great danger threatens Eleanor and her brothers… Vividly written and grippingly told, this first novel by a writer who went on to become one of Australia’s most beloved and acclaimed authors, received numerous awards: Children's Book Council of Australia: Highly Commended 1985; Angus & Robertson Writers for the Young Fellowship: Winner 1985; South Australian Literature Award Shortlisted 1985.' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , November 2016;
— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth 1984 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , September 2016;
— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth 1984 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 39)
— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth 1984 single work children's fiction -
Judges' Report, 1985
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 96 1985; (p. 2-8) -
[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 95 1985; (p. 54-55)
— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth 1984 single work children's fiction
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[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 39)
— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth 1984 single work children's fiction -
The 1985 Australian Children's Book Awards
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 72 1985; (p. 8-10)
— Review of Home in the Sky 1984 single work picture book ; Ayu and the Perfect Moon 1984 single work picture book ; Arthur 1984 single work picture book ; The Angel with a Mouth-Organ 1984 single work picture book ; The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book ; There's a Sea in My Bedroom 1984 single work picture book ; The Tree Witches 1983 single work picture book ; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge 1984 single work picture book ; The True Story of Lilli Stubeck 1984 single work novel ; Adrift 1984 single work children's fiction ; Eleanor, Elizabeth 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio 1984 single work novel ; Penny Pollard's Letters 1984 single work correspondence ; Something Special 1984 single work children's fiction ; Me and Jeshua 1984 single work children's fiction ; Dancing in the Anzac Deli 1984 single work children's fiction ; Hating Alison Ashley 1984 single work novel -
[Review] The Tree Witches [et al]
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The National Times , 19-26 July 1985; (p. 35)
— Review of The Tree Witches 1983 single work picture book ; Me and Jeshua 1984 single work children's fiction ; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge 1984 single work picture book ; Eleanor, Elizabeth 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio 1984 single work novel ; Adrift 1984 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 April 1985;
— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth 1984 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald (Sydney) , 21 July 1985;
— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth 1984 single work children's fiction -
Judges' Report, 1985
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 96 1985; (p. 2-8)
Awards
- 1985 highly commended CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year Award
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