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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Gorgon in the Gully
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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)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2010 .
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      Extent: 132p.
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      • Published September 27th 2010
      ISBN: 9780143305613 (pbk.)
      Series: y separately published work icon Pocket Money Puffins Puffin (publisher), Camberwell : Puffin , 2010 Z1733469 2010- series - publisher children's fiction children's

Works about this Work

Friday Essay: Feminist Medusas and Outback Minotaurs – Why Myth Is Big in Children’s Books Elizabeth Hale , 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. ...'

[Review] The Gorgon in the Gully [and] Escape from Kids' Club Katharine England , 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 Melina Marchetta , 2010 single work children's fiction ; Escape from Kids' Club Phillip Gwynne , 2010 single work children's fiction
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 October 2010; (p. 21)

— Review of All through the Year Jane Godwin , 2010 single work picture book ; The Gorgon in the Gully Melina Marchetta , 2010 single work children's fiction
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 October 2010; (p. 21)

— Review of All through the Year Jane Godwin , 2010 single work picture book ; The Gorgon in the Gully Melina Marchetta , 2010 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Gorgon in the Gully [and] Escape from Kids' Club Katharine England , 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 Melina Marchetta , 2010 single work children's fiction ; Escape from Kids' Club Phillip Gwynne , 2010 single work children's fiction
Friday Essay: Feminist Medusas and Outback Minotaurs – Why Myth Is Big in Children’s Books Elizabeth Hale , 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. ...'

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