Lillipilly Hill: Text Classics
By Eleanor Spence
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Lillipilly Hill is a delightful coming-of-age story that is all at once sweet and adventurous, sensitive and exciting.Lillipilly Hill is the story of Harriet Wilmot and her family, who have come to live in an inherited house in the New South Wales town of Barley Creek at the end of the nineteenth century. Harriet is in awe of Australia, despite the heat and unconventional schooling, and much prefers it to dreary old London.
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Lillipilly Hill: Text Classics
9781922148247
Text Publishing
25 September 2013
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256
519.8 KB
English
Young Adult Fiction
Young adult
Awards
Commended for Children's Book Council of Australia Awards 1961 (Australia)
Commended for Children's Book Council of Australia Awards 1961 (Australia)
Commended for Children's Book Council of Australia Awards 1961 (Australia)
Author Biography
Eleanor Spence (1928-2008) was a children's librarian and writer. Two of her titlesThe Green Laurel (1964)andThe October Child (1967)wonChildren's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year awards. She became a Member of the Order of Australia in 2006.
Eleanor Spence wrote twenty-one books for children, predominantly stories of Australian family life that focused on themes of alienation, growing up and social pressure. The recipient of both critical praise and popular success, she remains an iconic figure in Australian children's literature.