Leigh van den Broeke Leigh van den Broeke i(A129494 works by)
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1 y separately published work icon When the Gates Open for Casey Vallen Leigh van den Broeke , Glen Waverley : Sid Harta Publishers , 2010 Z1740761 2010 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'Casey is a twelve-year-old boy living in the secluded suburb of Lily HIlls, but there is something about his family that has always made him different to the other students athis local primary school. His deceased father, who once lived int he magical city of Gatiso, hid a Vorostone for him many years ago. Casey's mother is convinced it does not exist but his aunt Odessa, the Chancellor of Gatiso, is certain of its whereabouts.

What odes a Votostone do? Where is it hidden? What does this all mean for Casey Vallen? (From the publisher's website.)

1 How I Made My Son Enjoy Reading : John Flanagan Leigh van den Broeke , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 17 no. 4 2009; (p. 8-9)
John Flanagan's career as a writer of childrens fiction began when, after having many manuscripts trargeted to adults rejected, he redrafted one of the short stories he had written years earlier for his son Mike. Random House accepted and published Ranger's Apprentice - The Ruins of Gorlan and the medival fantasy series is up to its seventh book (8). Flanagan now enjoys national and international success as a writer of children's books, however, as Leigh van den Broeke points out, 'it has taken him a long time to become a full-time novelist and the memories of being an unpublished author are never far from his mind' (9). Flanagan says he very nearly gave up (8) and credits his family with giving him the confidence to continue' (9). His advice to budding writers: "If you believe in your writing, you never know what might happen with it" (9).
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