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  • Author:agent Dorothy Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-dorothy
Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 The Witch Number
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In 1968, in the Blue Mountains of Australia, thirteen-year-old Shelley meets Leah, also thirteen, who lures her into a sinister world of witchcraft and danger

Notes

  • Dedication: for another Shelley
  • Epigraph: And I awoke and found me here, / On the cold hill's side. - John Keats

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Secret Friends
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Livewire ,
      1993 .
      Extent: 106p.
      ISBN: 0704349329 (pbk)

Works about this Work

It's Too Hard To Write Good : I'd Rather Write Bad Dorothy Porter , 2000 single work prose
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , December 1999 - February no. 16 2000; Australian Humanities Review , March - April no. 17 2000;
Dorothy Porter discusses her venture into writing for young adults.
[Review] The Witch Number Shelda Debowski , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 37 no. 2 1993; (p. 36)

— Review of The Witch Number Dorothy Porter , 1993 single work novel
[Review] The Witch Number Stella Lees , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 1 no. 1 1993; (p. 36)

— Review of The Witch Number Dorothy Porter , 1993 single work novel
Middle-Aged Australia Still Avoiding Reality Nicola Robinson , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 April 1993; (p. rev 4)

— Review of The Witch Number Dorothy Porter , 1993 single work novel ; Dougy James Moloney , 1993 single work novel ; The Warrigal Deborah Lisson , 1992 single work children's fiction
An Enthralling Tale for Teens Ralph Elliott , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 March 1993; (p. C9)

— Review of The Witch Number Dorothy Porter , 1993 single work novel
[Review] The Witch Number Shelda Debowski , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 37 no. 2 1993; (p. 36)

— Review of The Witch Number Dorothy Porter , 1993 single work novel
From the Word Go : Books for Younger Readers Stephen Matthews , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 149 1993; (p. 57-58)

— Review of Looking for Alibrandi Melina Marchetta , 1992 single work novel ; The Witch Number Dorothy Porter , 1993 single work novel ; Portrait of Dog David Rish , 1993 single work novel ; The Light from Nowhere Thurley Fowler , 1993 single work children's fiction
Taking Their Word for It Jenny Pausacker , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 March 1993; (p. 8)

— Review of The Witch Number Dorothy Porter , 1993 single work novel ; Take My Word For It : Lisa's Journal John Marsden , 1992 single work novel
An Enthralling Tale for Teens Ralph Elliott , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 March 1993; (p. C9)

— Review of The Witch Number Dorothy Porter , 1993 single work novel
Middle-Aged Australia Still Avoiding Reality Nicola Robinson , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 April 1993; (p. rev 4)

— Review of The Witch Number Dorothy Porter , 1993 single work novel ; Dougy James Moloney , 1993 single work novel ; The Warrigal Deborah Lisson , 1992 single work children's fiction
It's Too Hard To Write Good : I'd Rather Write Bad Dorothy Porter , 2000 single work prose
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , December 1999 - February no. 16 2000; Australian Humanities Review , March - April no. 17 2000;
Dorothy Porter discusses her venture into writing for young adults.
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