y separately published work icon Spaghetti Legs single work   novel   young adult  
Is part of Eric Underwood John Larkin , 1993 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Spaghetti Legs
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Eric's "spaghetti legs" may be skinny but for one week of the year after his win at the athletics carnival he is a hero, but for the other fifty-one he is a loser. Eric just wants to be different and special. He wants to make a name for himself.

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    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House , 1993 .
      Extent: 177p.
      Note/s:
      • A Mark Macleod book.
      ISBN: 0091827477 (pbk.)
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Untitled Alison Gifford , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 3 1993; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Spaghetti Legs John Larkin , 1993 single work novel
Untitled Lynne Babbage , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 8 no. 3 1993; (p. 33-34)
— Review of Spaghetti Legs John Larkin , 1993 single work novel
Untitled Barbara Dobson , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 37 no. 3 1993; (p. 33)
— Review of Spaghetti Legs John Larkin , 1993 single work novel
Untitled Jo Reidy , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 1 no. 1 1993; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Spaghetti Legs John Larkin , 1993 single work novel
Children's Books Paul Malarski , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 20 February 1993; (p. 45)
— Review of Spaghetti Legs John Larkin , 1993 single work novel
Untitled Barbara Dobson , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 37 no. 3 1993; (p. 33)
— Review of Spaghetti Legs John Larkin , 1993 single work novel
Untitled Lynne Babbage , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 8 no. 3 1993; (p. 33-34)
— Review of Spaghetti Legs John Larkin , 1993 single work novel
Untitled Alison Gifford , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 3 1993; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Spaghetti Legs John Larkin , 1993 single work novel
Children's Books Paul Malarski , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 20 February 1993; (p. 45)
— Review of Spaghetti Legs John Larkin , 1993 single work novel
Untitled Jo Reidy , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 1 no. 1 1993; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Spaghetti Legs John Larkin , 1993 single work novel
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