y separately published work icon Shadow of Wings single work   children's fiction   children's  
Is part of Colour in the Creek Trilogy Margaret Paice , 1976 series - author children's fiction (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 Shadow of Wings
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When Alec Fletcher and his family first arrive at Woco crossing in Queensland's sugar growing area, he is unimpressed. Even with the country still in the grip of the Depression, Alec still manages to find several part-time jobs and vows not to become a drifter like his father. Instead he has his heart set on becoming a pilot. (Libraries Australia record)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Colour in the Creek Sonia Borg , ( dir. Rob Stewart ) Australia : PBL Productions Nine Network , 1985 Z976673 1985 series - publisher film/TV children's

Set during the Depression, the story follows a Queensland family who uproot and move to the goldfields after the father hears of a strike.

Notes

  • Forms part of a trilogy with Colour in the Creek (1976) and Applewood (1986). The first two novels were made into a television movie, Colour in the Creek (1985).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Collins , 1978 .
      Extent: 196p.
      ISBN: 0001843699
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1985 .
      Extent: 191p.
      ISBN: 0140320156
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Works about this Work

Untitled Susan Stanton , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April vol. 71 no. 1979; (p. 44)
— Review of Shadow of Wings Margaret Paice , 1978 single work children's fiction
Untitled Susan Stanton , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April vol. 71 no. 1979; (p. 44)
— Review of Shadow of Wings Margaret Paice , 1978 single work children's fiction
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