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'This novel is the story of a teenage girl's journey with her mother through China. While fiction, the story is set during the real-life turbulent months of student pro-democracy demonstrations across China which culminated in what became known as the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 1989.' (Source: HSC material)
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has an Asian setting.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Interview with Allan Baillie
Michelle Dicinoski
(interviewer),
2012
single work
interview
— Appears in: Asian-Australian Children's Literature : Interviews with Seven Authors 2012; (p. 18-19) Allan Baillie discusses his research and writing processes, with a particular focus on his book The China Coin. -
God's One Country : The Description of Asians by Australian Children's Authors
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 62-73) 'This paper will examine some of the representations made of Asian characters in Australian children's literature, with particular reference to the image of Chinese, who are the Asian people most frequently alluded before World War I and who have continued to be present in more recent writing' (62). -
Allan Baillie : 'Extending Horizons'
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 105-114) -
Multiculturalism in Recent Australian Children's Fiction : (Re)Constructing Selves Through Personal and National Histories
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Other Worlds, Other Lives : Children's Literature Experiences : Volume 3 1996; (p. 1-19) Stephens examines the dissemination of ideologies of multiculturalism in Australian children's texts. -
Images of China in Australian Fiction : Shifting Perceptions of Self and Other
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Nationalism vs. Internationalism : (Inter)National Dimensions of Literatures in English 1996; (p. 503-509)
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[Review] The China Coin
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 36 no. 1 1992; (p. 28)
— Review of The China Coin 1991 single work novel -
[Review] The China Coin
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 6 no. 5 1991; (p. 32)
— Review of The China Coin 1991 single work novel -
Rewarding for Adolescents
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 26 October 1991; (p. 13)
— Review of Hostilities 1991 selected work short story ; The China Coin 1991 single work novel ; Change the Locks 1991 single work novel ; Peter 1991 single work novel ; Another Sparrow Singing 1991 single work children's fiction ; All in the Blue Unclouded Weather 1991 single work novel -
Challenging Account of China Quest
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 12 October 1991; (p. 12)
— Review of The China Coin 1991 single work novel -
Windows to a Child's Own World
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 July 1992; (p. 7)
— Review of Scatterlings 1991 single work novel ; The Sea-Breeze Hotel 1989 single work picture book ; The China Coin 1991 single work novel ; A Bit of Company 1991 single work picture book ; Speedy 1991 single work children's fiction ; What's That Noise? What's That Sound? 1991 single work picture book ; Sooner or Later 1991 single work novel -
From Real Life to Fiction
1992
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 7 no. 1 1992; (p. 12-13) Krista Bell talks to three authors about how real-life experiences can be transformed into literature for children and young people. The authors are Australian Allan Baillie, Scottish author Joan Lingard, and Irish author Martin Waddell. -
God's One Country : The Description of Asians by Australian Children's Authors
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 62-73) 'This paper will examine some of the representations made of Asian characters in Australian children's literature, with particular reference to the image of Chinese, who are the Asian people most frequently alluded before World War I and who have continued to be present in more recent writing' (62). -
Interview with Allan Baillie
Michelle Dicinoski
(interviewer),
2012
single work
interview
— Appears in: Asian-Australian Children's Literature : Interviews with Seven Authors 2012; (p. 18-19) Allan Baillie discusses his research and writing processes, with a particular focus on his book The China Coin. -
Multiculturalism in Recent Australian Children's Fiction : (Re)Constructing Selves Through Personal and National Histories
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Other Worlds, Other Lives : Children's Literature Experiences : Volume 3 1996; (p. 1-19) Stephens examines the dissemination of ideologies of multiculturalism in Australian children's texts. -
Allan Baillie : 'Extending Horizons'
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 105-114)
Awards
- 1993 shortlisted KOALA Awards — Older Readers
- 1993 shortlisted Children's Peace Literature Award — Best Book
- 1992 winner Australian Multicultural Children's Literature Awards — Senior Fiction
Last amended 7 May 2020 10:24:06
Subjects:
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Tiananmen Square,
Beijing,
cChina,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
Settings:
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Beijing,
cChina,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- 1980s
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