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'Willow Tree and Olive tracks the journey of an Australian girl of Greek extraction, called Olive, in her final year of school. Like any adolescent, Olive is trying to deal with friends, teachers and family, while also trying to reconcile her Greek heritage with contemporary Australian culture. The usual tumultuous complexities of a multicultural adolescence are further complicated for Olive when a long suppressed trauma leads to a major life crisis.' (From the Catholic Weekly, 9 September 2001)
Notes
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Included in the 2002 White Ravens Catalogue compiled by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany. Special mention. Also winner of the Diversity in Health Award 2002 and Young Adult Audio Book of the Year 2002.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The Fragmented Story of a Journey to Wholeness
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 14 no. 1 2002;
— Review of Willow Tree and Olive 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 45 no. 3 2001; (p. 45)
— Review of Willow Tree and Olive 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 15 no. 2 2001; (p. 63)
— Review of Willow Tree and Olive 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 9 no. 2 2001; (p. 45-46)
— Review of Willow Tree and Olive 2001 single work novel -
Shards of Hope
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 232 2001; (p. 40-41)
— Review of 15 Kinds of Desire 2001 selected work short story autobiography ; Willow Tree and Olive 2001 single work novel
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Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 45 no. 3 2001; (p. 45)
— Review of Willow Tree and Olive 2001 single work novel -
In Short
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 July 2001; (p. 14)
— Review of Mermaid Singing [and] Peel Me a Lotus 2001 selected work novel ; Willow Tree and Olive 2001 single work novel -
More Than Teen Fodder
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 September 2001; (p. 6)
— Review of Flyboy and the Invisible 2001 single work novel ; The House That Was Eureka 1984 single work novel ; Tyger, Tyger 2001 single work novel ; Willow Tree and Olive 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 16 no. 2 2001; (p. 40-41)
— Review of Willow Tree and Olive 2001 single work novel -
Shards of Hope
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 232 2001; (p. 40-41)
— Review of 15 Kinds of Desire 2001 selected work short story autobiography ; Willow Tree and Olive 2001 single work novel
Awards
- 2002 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
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