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'When the Connells move into the run down old mining town of Hollybush Flat, they make a few friends but most of the town is unfriendly towards them because they are Irish, Catholic and poor, and their father is suspiciously absent.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille and sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 79 1981; (p. 46-47)
— Review of The Seventh Pebble 1981 single work children's fiction -
Fantasy Didacticism and a Disappearing Act : the Australian Children's Book Awards 1981
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 32 1981; (p. 5-7)
— Review of Playing Beatie Bow 1980 single work novel ; Darkness under the Hills 1980 single work novel ; Jandy Malone and the Nine O'Clock Tiger 1980 single work picture book ; Mr. Archimedes' Bath 1980 single work picture book ; Marty Moves to the Country 1980 single work picture book ; The Seventh Pebble 1981 single work children's fiction
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Fantasy Didacticism and a Disappearing Act : the Australian Children's Book Awards 1981
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 32 1981; (p. 5-7)
— Review of Playing Beatie Bow 1980 single work novel ; Darkness under the Hills 1980 single work novel ; Jandy Malone and the Nine O'Clock Tiger 1980 single work picture book ; Mr. Archimedes' Bath 1980 single work picture book ; Marty Moves to the Country 1980 single work picture book ; The Seventh Pebble 1981 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 79 1981; (p. 46-47)
— Review of The Seventh Pebble 1981 single work children's fiction
Awards
- 1981 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethnic Writing for children
- 1981 commended CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year Award
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