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Soon after moving to the country with her parents, Melissa is visited by the ghost of the son of the previous owners of the land who warns her that the well is an unreliable source of water.
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The Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards 1987 : The Short Lists
1987
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 2 no. 2 1987; (p. 12-13) -
[Review] Melissa's Ghost
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 2 no. 1 1987; (p. 23)
— Review of Melissa's Ghost 1986 single work children's fiction -
Writing on Water
1987
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 31 no. 3 1987; (p. 16-18) -
[Review] Melissa's Ghost
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 31 no. 2 1987; (p. 48)
— Review of Melissa's Ghost 1986 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Melissa's Ghost
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Review Bulletin , vol. 87 no. 1 1987; (p. 30)
— Review of Melissa's Ghost 1986 single work children's fiction
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[Review] Melissa's Ghost
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 2 no. 1 1987; (p. 23)
— Review of Melissa's Ghost 1986 single work children's fiction -
Australian Children's Book Awards : The 1987 shortlist
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 91 1987; (p. 29-32)
— Review of Riverman 1986 single work novel ; Creatures in the Beard 1986 single work picture book ; Kojuro and the Bears Helen Smith (translator), 1987 single work picture book ; The Wild 1986 single work picture book ; All About Anna and Harriet and Christopher and Me 1986 single work children's fiction ; Melissa's Ghost 1986 single work children's fiction ; Blue Days 1986 single work novel ; Space Demons 1986 single work novel ; Taronga 1986 single work novel ; My Sister Sif 1986 single work novel ; All We Know 1986 single work children's fiction ; Animalia 1986 single work picture book ; Farmer Schulz's Ducks 1986 single work picture book ; Pigs Might Fly 1986 single work children's fiction ; Sister Madge's Book of Nuns 1986 selected work poetry ; Boss of the Pool 1986 single work children's fiction ; Murgatroyd's Garden 1986 single work picture book ; The Nativity 1986 single work picture book -
Youth spreads its wings
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 December 1986; (p. B4)
— Review of Melissa's Ghost 1986 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Melissa's Ghost
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 91 1987; (p. 30)
— Review of Melissa's Ghost 1986 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Melissa's Ghost
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Review Bulletin , vol. 87 no. 1 1987; (p. 30)
— Review of Melissa's Ghost 1986 single work children's fiction -
The Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards 1987 : The Short Lists
1987
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 2 no. 2 1987; (p. 12-13) -
Writing on Water
1987
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 31 no. 3 1987; (p. 16-18)
Awards
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