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Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 Eleanor, Elizabeth
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'Twelve year old Eleanor doesn’t want to move from her home in the cool New England region of New South Wales, to the hot dry Western Plains and a new home on her mother’s family farm. One day, in the old schoolhouse on the farm, she makes an amazing discovery, finding her grandmother’s diary, written when she was Eleanor’s own age. Eleanor doesn’t remember her grandmother Elizabeth, who died when she was three: but as she explores the diary and its secrets, she begins to understand not only her grandmother’s life and personality, but also to appreciate the special qualities of the region where she lives.

'But her grandmother’s diary will prove to be much more than just absorbing reading material, when great danger threatens Eleanor and her brothers… Vividly written and grippingly told, this first novel by a writer who went on to become one of Australia’s most beloved and acclaimed authors, received numerous awards: Children's Book Council of Australia: Highly Commended 1985; Angus & Robertson Writers for the Young Fellowship: Winner 1985; South Australian Literature Award Shortlisted 1985.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1984 .
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      Extent: 129p.
      ISBN: 0207149895
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1986 .
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      Extent: 129p.
      ISBN: 014031993X
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1998 .
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      Extent: 129p.
      ISBN: 0141303026
    • Armidale, Armidale area, New England, New South Wales,: Second Look Publishing , 2016 .
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      Extent: 1vp.
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      • Published: 1st July 2016
         

      ISBN: 9780994234070
Language: Danish

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Works about this Work

[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth Amy Cooper , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , November 2016;

— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth Libby Gleeson , 1984 single work children's fiction
[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth Catherine Bauer , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , September 2016;

— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth Libby Gleeson , 1984 single work children's fiction
[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth Peta Harrison , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 39)

— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth Libby Gleeson , 1984 single work children's fiction
Judges' Report, 1985 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 96 1985; (p. 2-8)
[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth Belle Y. Alderman , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 95 1985; (p. 54-55)

— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth Libby Gleeson , 1984 single work children's fiction
[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth Peta Harrison , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 39)

— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth Libby Gleeson , 1984 single work children's fiction
The 1985 Australian Children's Book Awards Margaret Dunkle , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 72 1985; (p. 8-10)

— Review of Home in the Sky Jeannie Baker , 1984 single work picture book ; Ayu and the Perfect Moon David Cox , 1984 single work picture book ; Arthur Amanda Graham , 1984 single work picture book ; The Angel with a Mouth-Organ Christobel Mattingley , 1984 single work picture book ; The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book ; There's a Sea in My Bedroom Margaret Wild , 1984 single work picture book ; The Tree Witches Gwenda Turner , 1983 single work picture book ; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox , 1984 single work picture book ; The True Story of Lilli Stubeck James Aldridge , 1984 single work novel ; Adrift Allan Baillie , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Eleanor, Elizabeth Libby Gleeson , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio Victor Kelleher , 1984 single work novel ; Penny Pollard's Letters Robin Klein , 1984 single work correspondence ; Something Special Emily Rodda , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Me and Jeshua Eleanor Spence , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Dancing in the Anzac Deli Nadia Wheatley , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Hating Alison Ashley Robin Klein , 1984 single work novel
[Review] The Tree Witches [et al] 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 19-26 July 1985; (p. 35)

— Review of The Tree Witches Gwenda Turner , 1983 single work picture book ; Me and Jeshua Eleanor Spence , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox , 1984 single work picture book ; Eleanor, Elizabeth Libby Gleeson , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio Victor Kelleher , 1984 single work novel ; Adrift Allan Baillie , 1984 single work children's fiction
[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth Laurie Copping , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 April 1985;

— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth Libby Gleeson , 1984 single work children's fiction
[Review] Eleanor, Elizabeth 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald (Sydney) , 21 July 1985;

— Review of Eleanor, Elizabeth Libby Gleeson , 1984 single work children's fiction
Judges' Report, 1985 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 96 1985; (p. 2-8)
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