The search for self
The House That Was Eureka
Nadia Wheatley
Viking/Kestrel, 197pp., $12.95
The True Story of Lilli Stubeck
James Aldridge
Hyland House, 182pp., $14.95
Catch the Sun
Erica Hale
Penguin, 126pp., $4.95pb
Holiday of the Ikon
Thomas Shapcott
Penguin/Puffin, $4.50pb
A Little Fear
Patricia Wrightson
Penguin/Puffin, $3.95pb
‘What am I?’ murmured the Bunyip, ‘What am I? What am I?’* setting off on a search for personal identity that has become a recurrent theme in Australian literature for young people, particularly in novels for older readers on their own adolescent journey of self-discovery.
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