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'Dumped in the River Charon, hunted by an acursed river creature and betrayed by the wicked Matron Pluckrose, Tensy Farlow is in mortal danger. She has no parents. Worse still, she has no guardian angel.
'When she is thrown into the Home for Mislaid Children - a gloomy orphanage where ravens attack, Watchers hover over your bed, and even the angels cannot be trusted - it seems that all hope is lost.
'Yet could it be that a plucky, flame-haired orphan with a mysterious past is precisely what this dark world needs?' (From the publisher's website.)
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Book of the Year: Younger Readers - Short List Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 7)
— Review of Matty Forever 2009 single work children's fiction ; Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children 2009 single work children's fiction ; The Whisperer 2009 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Inscribe , Winter no. 2 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children 2009 single work children's fiction -
Q&A with Jen Storer
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: Inscribe , Winter no. 2 2010; (p. 9) Jen Storer, whose fantasy novel for children—Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children - has been short-listed in the Children's Book Council awards, answers some questions about her writing. -
Kids' Writers Queue Up for Kudos
2010
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 April 2010; (p. 50-51) -
[Review] Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 89 no. 1 2009; (p. 51)
— Review of Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children 2009 single work children's fiction
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Kids' Lit
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 August 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of The Billionaire's Curse 2008 single work novel ; Beatle Meets Destiny 2009 single work novel ; Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children 2009 single work children's fiction -
Cover Book Review
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 24 no. 3 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children 2009 single work children's fiction Kerry White reviews this title describing it as a 'thoroughly entertaining read with a memorable heroine, wit and an unsettling atmosphere likely to appeal to fans of Odo Hirsch or Catherine Jinks.' -
[Review] Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 89 no. 1 2009; (p. 51)
— Review of Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children 2009 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Inscribe , Winter no. 2 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children 2009 single work children's fiction -
Book of the Year: Younger Readers - Short List Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 7)
— Review of Matty Forever 2009 single work children's fiction ; Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children 2009 single work children's fiction ; The Whisperer 2009 single work children's fiction -
Kids' Writers Queue Up for Kudos
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 April 2010; (p. 50-51) -
Q&A with Jen Storer
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: Inscribe , Winter no. 2 2010; (p. 9) Jen Storer, whose fantasy novel for children—Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children - has been short-listed in the Children's Book Council awards, answers some questions about her writing.
Awards
- 2010 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Children's Fiction
- 2010 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Younger Readers
- 2009 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Children's Division — Best Children's (8-12 Years) Novel
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