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Canberra times, 4 July 1964, p.11
Eleanor Spence Eleanor Spence i(A17501 works by) (birth name: Eleanor Rachel Kelly) (a.k.a. Eleanor Rachel Therese Spence)
Born: Established: 21 Oct 1928 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 30 Sep 2008 Erina, Erina - Forresters Beach area, Gosford, Central Coast, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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1 9 y separately published work icon Another Sparrow Singing Eleanor Spence , Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1991 Z195265 1991 single work children's fiction children's Story of the hopes and dilemmas of 12 year old Courtney and her younger brother Jack, who are forced to come to terms with the separation of their parents.
1 Keeping Up with the Junior Jones' Eleanor Spence , 1991 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 4 1991; (p. 11-13)
3 12 y separately published work icon The Family Book of Mary Claire Eleanor Spence , Melbourne : Collins Dove , 1990 Z461889 1990 single work novel young adult Traces the history of a family through the eyes of one family member from four sequential generations.
1 3 y separately published work icon Another October Child : Recollections of Eleanor Spence Eleanor Spence , Melbourne : Collins Dove , 1988 Z552675 1988 single work autobiography
1 10 y separately published work icon Deezle Boy Eleanor Spence , Blackburn : Collins Dove , 1987 Z453741 1987 single work novel young adult

'Grant loves trains and the morning he sees the inter-city XPT is just the start of what turns out to be the extraordinary day on which he is kidnapped by an unfamiliar woman and her daughter.' -- Libraries Australia record.
1 Thirty Years of Writing Fiction for Children Eleanor Spence , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 100 1986; (p. 42-43)
2 y separately published work icon Mary and Frances : A Story About Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph Eleanor Spence , Blackburn : Dove , 1986 Z831355 1986 single work biography children's
1 2 y separately published work icon Miranda Going Home Eleanor Spence , Melbourne : Dove , 1985 Z831016 1985 single work children's fiction children's "When thirteen-year-old Miranda's parents die she is sent to love with her strict Jewish grandparents in Palestine at the time of the Roman occupation. Separated from her grandparents during the Roman attack on Sapphoris, Miranda and the baby she rescued find shelter with Jeshua and his family in Nazareth. There she learns kinship with the Jewish faith and to cope with the racial and religious prejudices of the era." (Source: Trove)
2 6 y separately published work icon Me and Jeshua Eleanor Spence , Melbourne : Dove , 1984 Z913556 1984 single work children's fiction children's

'Jude tells the story of his cousin Jeshua and his family. With Jude, readers will find themselves drawn to Jeshua and caught up in the mystery that surrounds him—about his birth, about his “real” father, and about his future. Like Jude, readers will gradually begin to understand something of Jeshua’s secret.

'“Me and Jeshua” is the story of Jesus’ boyhood. It is attractive and compelling, a robust story full of insight, humor, and vigor. Yet it remains wholly true to what we know of Jesus and his times.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon The Summer in Between [and] Lillipilly Hill Eleanor Spence , Sydney : John Ferguson , 1982 Z1465454 1982 selected work children's fiction children's
1 5 y separately published work icon The Left Overs Eleanor Spence , North Ryde : Methuen Australia , 1982 Z836392 1982 single work children's fiction children's Barnfield, a foster home that oversees homeless children, is to be torn down to make room for a freeway. Four children, the last residents and hence the "left overs" set out to find a place where they can be together.
1 2 y separately published work icon The Seventh Pebble Eleanor Spence , Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1981 Z667637 1981 single work children's fiction children's

'When the Connells move into the run down old mining town of Hollybush Flat, they make a few friends but most of the town is unfriendly towards them because they are Irish, Catholic and poor, and their father is suspiciously absent.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Notes by Eleanor Spence Eleanor Spence , 1981 single work biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 94-96)
1 y separately published work icon Talking with Eleanor Spence Eleanor Spence (interviewer), Warragul : Clarke Learning Associates , 1980 Z835570 1980 single work interview Interview with Eleanor Spence and readings of excerpts from some of her books.
1 Reminiscences on the Writing of "The October Child" Eleanor Spence , 1977 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 64 (p. 4-7)
1 7 y separately published work icon A Candle for Saint Antony Eleanor Spence , Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1977 Z544216 1977 single work novel young adult

'Two teenagers, unlike and inseparable–is it homosexuality? Fifteen-year-old Justin Vincent, cynosure and snob, leads the opposition at a posh Sydney school to that "bloody little ethnic tyke," new classmate Rudi Mayer. But "Cool Rudi"–a self-willed loner since his Austrian musician father's death–intrigues Justin by going his own imperturbable way; and with a little help from Brahms' "St. Antony Chorale," the two become bosom friends. The turnabout scene is a little sticky, and the mutual devotion of the two boys thereafter is even more so. Consequently, much as one admires Rudi and likes Justin for appreciating him, the pivotal episode–in which the relationship between the boys, back in Austria on a class trip, suddenly totters on the nature of Rudi's intentions (proclaiming his love, he asks Justin to stay in Austria with him)–has an offputting sentimental ring. Of course Rudi didn't mean what Justin momentarily suspects and another boy, overhearing their conversations assumes; and the book goes down, finally, on the sweetness and bitterness of their innocent love lost.'

Source:

Kirkus Review (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eleanor-spence/a-candle-for-saint-antony/). (Sighted: 29/5/2014)
2 7 y separately published work icon The October Child Eleanor Spence , London : Oxford University Press , 1976 Z561519 1976 single work novel young adult

'The arrival of baby Carl marks a turning point in the lives of the Mariners. Loved and wanted though he is, Carl casts a shadow over the household, and his adolescent brother becomes increasingly resentful and bewildered.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Travels of Hermann Eleanor Spence , Sydney : Collins , 1973 Z944265 1973 single work children's fiction children's
1 2 y separately published work icon Time To Go Home Eleanor Spence , London : Oxford University Press , 1973 Z830780 1973 single work novel young adult
2 3 y separately published work icon The Nothing Place Eleanor Spence , London : Oxford University Press , 1972 Z818403 1972 single work children's fiction children's

'Learning to accept his partial deafness is bad enough, but having to adjust to a new neighbourhood and a bunch of do-good friends is almost too much for Glen.'

Source: Trove
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