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A teenage boy who robs houses with a group of school friends, forms a strange attachment to an old house and a dog, and unwittingly solves the mystery of a missing boy.
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 Corrupting the Youth - A Reply to Jill Ireland
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 41 no. 2 1997; (p. 7-9) Val van Putten counters Jill Ireland's criticism of some of the books written for older readers shortlisted in the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards. -
Eleanor Nilsson : 'Unsettling Incongruities'
Maureen Nimon
,
Sally Nimon
,
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 191-196) -
The City: Multiculturalism and Other Urban Issues
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 87-104) -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 2 1993; (p. 21)
— Review of The House Guest 1991 single work novel -
Deceptively Simple: Eleanor Nilsson's Writing for Children
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 4 no. 3 1993; (p. 3-9) A range of Nilsson's works for young, developing and older readers are discussed, with a particular emphasis on The House Guest and There's a Crocodile There Now Too. Nimon examines the way in which Nilsson represents the world of children within picture books for children around twelve years old; a genre which has trouble drawing attention and popular acclaim. Nilsson also writes about 'writing for children', analysing how to read books and how to construct them (9) and is quoted as saying that fantasy 'can be way of presenting our human experience more effectively and memorably than it may be possible to do in realist fictions' (9).
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Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 36 no. 2 1992; (p. 30-31)
— Review of The House Guest 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 7 no. 2 1992; (p. 31)
— Review of The House Guest 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 2 1993; (p. 21)
— Review of The House Guest 1991 single work novel -
Tale of Young Burglars Has a Twist
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 July 1992; (p. C11)
— Review of Peter 1991 single work novel ; Del-Del 1991 single work novel ; The House Guest 1991 single work novel ; Change the Locks 1991 single work novel -
Life As It Is with Reality, Fantasy and Mystery
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 30 November 1991; (p. 13)
— Review of The House Guest 1991 single work novel -
On Corrupting the Youth - A Reply to Jill Ireland
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 41 no. 2 1997; (p. 7-9) Val van Putten counters Jill Ireland's criticism of some of the books written for older readers shortlisted in the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards. -
Know the Author : Eleanor Nilsson
1991
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 6 no. 5 1991; (p. 19-21) -
Housebreak Led to a Big Reward
1992
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 July 1992; (p. 7) -
Eleanor Nilsson : 'Unsettling Incongruities'
Maureen Nimon
,
Sally Nimon
,
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 191-196) -
The City: Multiculturalism and Other Urban Issues
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 87-104)
Awards
- 1996 shortlisted Gold and Silver Pencil Award (Holland)
- 1992 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
- 1992 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Alan Marshall Award for Children's Literature
- 1992 winner Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — Children's Literature Award
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