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A twelve-year-old girl, youngest of four children, adopts an orphaned, unlikely foal named Rosinante just before she leaves for boarding school, and, with the vision of her own horse to inspire her, begins to gain assurance and maturity.
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Other Formats
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Shifting Versions of Masculinity in Australian Children's Literature, 1953-1997
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bookbird , vol. 39 no. 2 2001; (p. 6-11) Pennell encountered significant change with regard to the concept of 'masculinity' in Australian realist children's fiction. She decided a major outcome of her research would be a literary sociocultural map of the shifting paradigms of gendered social relations in Australian society. -
John Marsden Presents...
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 9 no. 2 2001; (p. 30-33) -
One Man's Classics
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 230 2001; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Peter & Co. 1940 single work children's fiction ; Tiger in the Bush 1957 single work children's fiction autobiography ; Good Luck to the Rider 1953 single work children's fiction ; Seventeen Seconds 1973 single work biography ; John Marsden Presents Australian Children's Classics series - publisher -
Footprints on the Sands of Time
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 16 no. 2 2001; (p. 4-7)
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One Man's Classics
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 230 2001; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Peter & Co. 1940 single work children's fiction ; Tiger in the Bush 1957 single work children's fiction autobiography ; Good Luck to the Rider 1953 single work children's fiction ; Seventeen Seconds 1973 single work biography ; John Marsden Presents Australian Children's Classics series - publisher -
Shifting Versions of Masculinity in Australian Children's Literature, 1953-1997
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bookbird , vol. 39 no. 2 2001; (p. 6-11) Pennell encountered significant change with regard to the concept of 'masculinity' in Australian realist children's fiction. She decided a major outcome of her research would be a literary sociocultural map of the shifting paradigms of gendered social relations in Australian society. -
Footprints on the Sands of Time
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 16 no. 2 2001; (p. 4-7) -
John Marsden Presents...
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 9 no. 2 2001; (p. 30-33)
Awards
- 1953 joint winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year Award With Aircraft of Today and Tomorrow.
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