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'Shy, reserved 11-year-old Seymour is dumped by his over controlling mother to spend his summer holidays with a fussy guardian. Seymour finds himself bored, frustrated and confined to his guardian's house. By chance he meets Angela whom he finds glamorous, beautiful and bubbly. He is flattered by her attentions and her willingness to take him with herself on outings. What Seymour does not realize however, under her happy exterior, Angela is hiding a dark secret. The text slowly unfolds Angela's secret through her interactions with Seymour and with letters placed at the end of chapters like small clues for the reader to decipher.' (Source: Book website)
Adaptations
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form
y
Say a Little Prayer
( dir. Richard Lowenstein
)
Australia
:
Flying Films
Beyond Films
,
1992
7909635
1992
single work
film/TV
An adaptation of Robin Klein's novel about the friendship between a lonely young boy and an older girl hiding a troubling secret.
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Japanese translation.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Text Publishing
, 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Introduction, single work criticism
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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On a Quest for Their Better Selves
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13 May 2017; (p. 26) 'Robert Newton is a Melbourne-based firefighter and author. Mr Romanov’s Garden in the Sky (Penguin, 218pp, $17.99) begins as a gritty reimagining of his experience 25 years ago when called to an emergency in a Melbourne housing commission tower. The sight of a small girl in pyjamas waiting beside her drug-overdosed mother has haunted him since, and is now re-created in 13-year-old Lexie.' (Introduction) -
All The Bells Rang
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , March 2017; -
Jo Goodman Revisits the Work of Robin Klein
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 20 no. 1 2005; (p. 10-13) -
'When the Voices of Children are Heard on the Green' : The Innocent Child in Literature
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature Matters : Proceedings of the 3rd Australian Children's Literature Association for Research Conference 2001; -
Sunday's Child
2001
single work
column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 9 no. 3 2001; (p. 3-5)
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Untitled
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 5 no. 1 1990; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Came Back to Show You I Could Fly 1989 single work novel -
Children's Books
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 114 1989; (p. 45-46)
— Review of The Smiling Madonna 1989 single work novel ; Came Back to Show You I Could Fly 1989 single work novel ; Balyet 1989 single work novel ; Dream Time : New Stories by Sixteen Award-Winning Authors 1989 anthology short story -
Myths of Fearful Forests, Sea and Shore
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 11 November 1989;
— Review of Came Back to Show You I Could Fly 1989 single work novel ; Against the Odds 1989 selected work children's fiction ; The Red King 1989 single work novel -
Focus on Females With Character
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 4-5 November 1989; (p. 6)
— Review of Came Back to Show You I Could Fly 1989 single work novel ; Merryll of the Stones 1989 single work novel -
Emphasis on Fantasy for Adolescent Readers
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 July 1990; (p. B8)
— Review of Came Back to Show You I Could Fly 1989 single work novel ; Merryll of the Stones 1989 single work novel -
Fairytale Realism - Robin Klein's Came Back to Show You I Could Fly
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 37 no. 2 1993; (p. 5-6) -
Jo Goodman Revisits the Work of Robin Klein
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 20 no. 1 2005; (p. 10-13) -
Representations of Mothers and Mothering in Contemporary Australian Children's Literature
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 97-107) -
Responding to Realism in Robin Klein's Came Back to Show You I Could Fly
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : Finding a Voice 1993; (p. 185-196) -
Teenage Stories of the Streets
1989
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 21 October 1989; (p. 10)
Awards
- 1992 winner COOL Award — Secondary Division
- 1990 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
- 1989 winner Human Rights Awards
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