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''The Green Laurel'' (1963) is a novel for children by Australian author
Eleanor Spence Eleanor Spence (1928–2008) was an Australian author of novels for young adults and older children. Her books explore a wide range of issues, including Australian history, religion, autism, bigotry, materialism and alienation. She was appoin ...
; it was illustrated by Geraldine Spence. It won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1964.


Story outline

The novel centres on a girl whose father runs a fair-ground train at a holiday resort. Illness forces him to give up his job and the family move to a Sydney suburb close to a migrant camp.


Critical reception

Writing in ''The Canberra Times'' K. Masterman noted: "The interesting and fascinating story brings out well the character of the two contrasted environments, and without any suggestion of preaching establishes the sound values that are felt without needing to be expressed in this writer's work.""Book of the Year by Eleanor Spence" by K. Masterman, ''The Canberra Times'', 4 July 1964, p11
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Awards

* 1964 – winner Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers


See also

*
1963 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1963. Events *January – ''Novy Mir'' publishes "Matryona's Home", the first of three more stories by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn critical of the Soviet regime. They wil ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Green Laurel, The Australian children's novels 1963 Australian novels Novels set in Sydney CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award-winning works 1963 children's books Children's books set in Sydney