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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Metis, The Octopus and the Olive Tree
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When twelve-year-old Metis moves from the traditional world of a Greek island to life in an Australian inner city, she sadly misses her wise, old grandmother.

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  • Dedication: For Larisa
  • Epigraph: To keep the earth on one's roots and find another earth, that is a real miracle. - Marc Chagall
  • Epigraph: The olive tree is truly remarkable. It asks for so little - a few drops of water, a little rocky soil - and it gives so much in return. - Mireille Johnston

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You've Come a Long Way, Baby : Multicultural Literature for Children Wendy Morgan , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Language and Literacy , November vol. 18 no. 4 1995; (p. 270-281)
Metis the Octopus and the Olive Tree [Review] Jeanine Gourley , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Idiom 23 , November vol. 8 no. 1 1995; (p. 112)
— Review of Metis, The Octopus and the Olive Tree Jena Woodhouse , 1993 single work children's fiction
Untitled Karen Jameyson , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 9 no. 2 1994; (p. 29)
— Review of Metis, The Octopus and the Olive Tree Jena Woodhouse , 1993 single work children's fiction
From the Word Go : Books for Younger Readers Stephen Matthews , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1993-1994) no. 157 1993; (p. 69-70)
— Review of The Secret Sandwich Robert Morrison , 1993 single work children's fiction ; Metis, The Octopus and the Olive Tree Jena Woodhouse , 1993 single work children's fiction ; Wyrd Sue Gough , 1993 single work novel ; Going Home Alan Collins , 1993 single work novel ; Jacaranda Shadow Patricia Bernard , 1993 single work novel ; The Second-Hand Tongue, and Other Hilarious Stories Garry Hurle , 1993 selected work children's fiction
Untitled Karen Jameyson , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 9 no. 2 1994; (p. 29)
— Review of Metis, The Octopus and the Olive Tree Jena Woodhouse , 1993 single work children's fiction
From the Word Go : Books for Younger Readers Stephen Matthews , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1993-1994) no. 157 1993; (p. 69-70)
— Review of The Secret Sandwich Robert Morrison , 1993 single work children's fiction ; Metis, The Octopus and the Olive Tree Jena Woodhouse , 1993 single work children's fiction ; Wyrd Sue Gough , 1993 single work novel ; Going Home Alan Collins , 1993 single work novel ; Jacaranda Shadow Patricia Bernard , 1993 single work novel ; The Second-Hand Tongue, and Other Hilarious Stories Garry Hurle , 1993 selected work children's fiction
Metis the Octopus and the Olive Tree [Review] Jeanine Gourley , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Idiom 23 , November vol. 8 no. 1 1995; (p. 112)
— Review of Metis, The Octopus and the Olive Tree Jena Woodhouse , 1993 single work children's fiction
You've Come a Long Way, Baby : Multicultural Literature for Children Wendy Morgan , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Language and Literacy , November vol. 18 no. 4 1995; (p. 270-281)
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