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Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 So Much to Tell You
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'Fourteen year old Marina does not speak, and has not done so for some time. As the story starts, we do not know the reasons why, or for how long. Only that on her release from hospital she was sent to Warrington Boarding School. Soon after term begins, her English teacher gives her class the task of keeping a journal. It is through Marina's entries in this journal, that we learn some of her history. During a fight between her parents, she was accidentally scarred by some acid thrown by her father but intended for her mother. It was this event that brought on her mutism and withdrawal into herself. Gradually, Marina starts to open up, both in her journal entries and in her interactions with others, slowly, slowly, slowly recovering from her traumas, and cultivating the beginnings of new friendships.' (Source: Bookshelf)

Adaptations

y separately published work icon So Much to Tell You : The Play : A Performance Version John Marsden , Montville : Walter McVitty Books , 1994 Z229493 1994 single work drama young adult

Notes

  • Parallel story to Take My Word for It: Lisa's Journal.

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has Japanese and Korean translations.

    Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Selective mutism.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Glebe, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: Walter McVitty Books , 1987 .
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      Extent: 109p.
      ISBN: 0949183121
    • Boston, Massachusetts,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Joy Street Books ,       1989 .
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      Extent: 117p.
      Edition info: First U.S. edition.
      ISBN: 0316548774
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Julia MacRae Books ,       1989 .
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      Extent: 109p.
      ISBN: 0862033861
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Walker Books [London] ,       1990 .
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      Extent: 109p.
      ISBN: 0744514495
    • Montville, Nambour area, Nambour - Palmwoods - Yandina area, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, South East Queensland, Queensland,: Walter McVitty Books , 1995 .
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      Extent: 109p.
      Reprinted: 1998
      ISBN: 094918313X (pbk.)
    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Lothian , 1997 .
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      Extent: 141p.
      Reprinted: 1998 , 1999
      ISBN: 085091941X (pbk.)
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette , 2012 .
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      Extent: 144p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 31st July 2012
      ISBN: 9780734413291
Alternative title: Ik heb je zoveel te vertellen
Language: Dutch
    • Hasselt,
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      Netherlands,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Clavis ,       1990 .
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      Extent: 127p.
      ISBN: 9068220810
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , July 2019; Young adult fiction author, Clair Zorn, comments on an interview with John Marsden about his publication The Art of Growing Up, the impact of bullying on teenagers and the responsibility of authors to their readers.
Faces and Fears : The Search for Identity in So Much to Tell You John Noell Moore , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: John Marsden : Darkness, Shadow, and Light 2011; (p. 15-28)
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— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 8 no. 4 2000; (p. 39)
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— Appears in: Something to Crow About : New Perspectives in Literature for Young People 1999; (p. 171-178) This work examines which literary techniques an author uses in their works for children to establish character traits when their main character is an elective mute.
John Marsden : 'Fighting On' John Foster , 1997 single work criticism
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— Appears in: The Age , 20 August 1988;
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Know the Author : John Marsden Agnes Nieuwenhuizen , 1989 single work column
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— Appears in: Something to Crow About : New Perspectives in Literature for Young People 1999; (p. 171-178) This work examines which literary techniques an author uses in their works for children to establish character traits when their main character is an elective mute.
Young Adult Fiction Rules - O.K? So Where's the Young Adult Poetry? John Gough , 1990 single work column
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Novel Teachers : The Image of Teachers in Australian Children's Literature Mary Durrington , 1994 single work criticism
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Publishing for Children in Australia: A Thriving Industry Walter McVitty , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature Association Quarterly , vol. 15 no. 4 1990; (p. 167-171) McVitty describes 'aspects of the children's book scene in Australia' which includes literature and publishing - especially for children - in Australia' (167). He briefly discusses bookshops, general and professional interest, awards, the Children's Book Council of Australia, school magazines, book clubs, Bologna and overseas markets, and publishing. He includes the shortlists for the 1990 Children's Book of the Year Awards (Older Readers, Younger Readers and Picture Books) and directly refers to John Marsden's So Much to Tell You and Possum Magic (Mem Fox) as examples of successful Australian works for children. He believes that while it is still relatively small, Australian children's literature is a healthy, thriving industry with continuing opportunities to expand within national and international consumer markets.
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