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'Beyond the basketball courts and classrooms of St Raph's is a gully where everything disappears forever. Danny Griggs has heard stories about a creature that lives down there. So why does he volunteer to face the Gorgon when he's been petrified of everything all his life?
'A gentle story about overcoming fear and looking at things from all angles, from best-selling author Melina Marchetta.'(Publication summary)
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Friday Essay: Feminist Medusas and Outback Minotaurs – Why Myth Is Big in Children’s Books
2016
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 3 June 2016;'... Monsters from classical myth have been lurking in the gullies of Western literature for a long time – in retellings and adaptations, and acting as symbols and metaphors for aspects of the human experience.'
'They’ve been surfacing recently in fantasy for children and young adults. Imaginary Medusas, realistically drawn Minotaurs, as well as a multitude of many-headed Scyllas, Hydras and Cerberuses: they all appear in Australian children’s and YA fiction. ...'
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[Review] The Gorgon in the Gully [and] Escape from Kids' Club
2010
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review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 25 no. 5 2010; (p. 34)
— Review of The Gorgon in the Gully 2010 single work children's fiction ; Escape from Kids' Club 2010 single work children's fiction -
Under Age
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 October 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of All through the Year 2010 single work picture book ; The Gorgon in the Gully 2010 single work children's fiction
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Under Age
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 October 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of All through the Year 2010 single work picture book ; The Gorgon in the Gully 2010 single work children's fiction -
[Review] The Gorgon in the Gully [and] Escape from Kids' Club
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 25 no. 5 2010; (p. 34)
— Review of The Gorgon in the Gully 2010 single work children's fiction ; Escape from Kids' Club 2010 single work children's fiction -
Friday Essay: Feminist Medusas and Outback Minotaurs – Why Myth Is Big in Children’s Books
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 3 June 2016;'... Monsters from classical myth have been lurking in the gullies of Western literature for a long time – in retellings and adaptations, and acting as symbols and metaphors for aspects of the human experience.'
'They’ve been surfacing recently in fantasy for children and young adults. Imaginary Medusas, realistically drawn Minotaurs, as well as a multitude of many-headed Scyllas, Hydras and Cerberuses: they all appear in Australian children’s and YA fiction. ...'