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Deb Fitzpatrick Deb Fitzpatrick i(A1988 works by) (a.k.a. Deborah Fitzpatrick)
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1 y separately published work icon The Spectacular Spencer Gray Deb Fitzpatrick , North Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2017 10742137 2017 single work children's fiction children's

'Spencer Gray is just an ordinary kid, but he manages to get into some pretty extraordinary situations.

'When Spencer stumbles on a sinister operation in the bush, his life goes into overdrive – midnight rescue missions, super-endangered animals, hair-raising adventures.

T'o survive, Spencer will need to pull off something spectacular.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon At My Door Deb Fitzpatrick , North Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2015 8602263 2015 single work children's fiction children's

'Parcels usually come in a van. Parcels are often heavy boxes or oddly shaped bags. Parcels aren’t delivered late at night on a school night.

'When Poppy Campbell’s dad opens the front door to find a small, very distressed child clinging to a green blanket, the family try their hardest to do the right thing. They make the little girl comfortable, call the police, and look after her while the authorities search for her family. Why has this happened? The cops are called in, nappies bought, old toys dug out, and friendships made.' (Publication summary)
1 Book Bite : The Break Deb Fitzpatrick , 2014 extract novel (The Break)
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2014; (p. 28-29)
1 2 y separately published work icon The Break Deb Fitzpatrick , North Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2014 7204849 2014 single work novel

'The south-west coast is the kind of place people escape to. Unless you have lived there all your life, in which case, you long to get away.

'Rosie and Cray chuck in their city jobs for Margaret River while Liza, Ferg and Sam have been there forever, working the family farm. Under pressure from developers the families unite against change. But when a natural disaster strikes, change is inevitable.' (Publication summary)
1 4 y separately published work icon The Amazing Spencer Gray Deb Fitzpatrick , North Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2013 Z1910175 2013 single work children's fiction children's

'Spencer Gray is twelve – finally old enough to join Dad in his glider. His mates are going to be so jealous! Going up is awesome – but when disaster strikes, Spencer will need to be nothing short of amazing.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Spencer Gray Deb Fitzpatrick , 2013 North Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2013- 10742093 2013 series - author children's
1 7 y separately published work icon Have You Seen Ally Queen? Deb Fitzpatrick , North Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2011 Z1807035 2011 single work novel young adult 'Ally Queen, aged fifteen, is the new kid in a very small town. Uprooted from her comfortable city life and dumped in "hicksville" she's trying to find her place amongst the bogans, the surfies and the spinach-munching hippies.

'Life is tough when your closest friend is miles away and deep and meaningful conversations are restricted to the length of a text message. And Ally needs a friend. Her mum is suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and the quiet country life, which was meant to help things, just seems to make them worse.

'When she meets Rel the annoying boy next door, it seems she's hit rock bottom. But first impressions can be deceptive and, as Ally learns to relax, she discovers that life needn't be as hard as she makes it.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 Deb Fitzpatrick - 90 Packets of Instant Noodles Deb Fitzpatrick , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 13)
1 9 y separately published work icon 90 Packets of Instant Noodles Deb Fitzpatrick , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2010 Z1694776 2010 single work novel young adult

'Joel and Craggs are in it together. They drink booze together, they flirt with petty theft together and, when Craggs turns violent, they face the consequences together too. That's until Joel's dad makes a deal with the police. Craggs is off to juvenile detention and Joel to solitary confinement.

'Ninety days of fending for himself in a remote bush shack with no radio, telephone or fridge. Miles from anywhere, Joel starts to like his own company, till one day the past tracks him down. Craggs is on his doorstep and he hasn't changed a bit.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 Getting Back to Nature : Getting back to nature: writerly journeys into landscape Deb Fitzpatrick , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Curve of the Earth : A Novel 1999; (p. 194-238)
1 Curve of the Earth Deb Fitzpatrick , 1999 single work novel
— Appears in: Curve of the Earth : A Novel 1999; (p. 1-192)
1 y separately published work icon Curve of the Earth : A Novel Deb Fitzpatrick , 1999 Z842720 1999 single work thesis
1 Afternoons at Harborne Street Deb Fitzpatrick , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Spring vol. 10 no. 2 1998; (p. 26-29)
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