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Memory and Migration in the Shadow of War: Australia's Greek ...

Joy Damousi

There is a body of children's literature touching on GreekAustralian themes such as Irini Savvides, A Marathon of Her Own: The Diary of Sophia Krikonis, Melbourne 1956 (Linfield: Irini Savvides, Scholastic Press, 2004). 7 Richard Clogg (ed.) ...

A Marathon of Her Own

Irini Savvides

Times are tough in Crete and Sophia's father has decided to make a fresh start in Melbourne.

Sky Legs

Irini Savvides

She's been hoping that she can make a new start and leave behind the sense of loss and the low self-esteem that she has been struggling with for most of her life. But this is the kind of place where she'll never fit in.

Willow Tree and Olive

Irini Savvides

Enough waterwave taffeta for a lifetime of weddings, always in apricot, matching shoes and a sugared almond under your pillow so you can dream of the man you love.

Against the Tide

Irini Savvides

"Intercultural romance and prejudice in Australia - Greek and Lebanese vs Anglo Australians."--Provided by publisher.

Hide and Seek

Irini Savvides

But this time Grandpa is nowhere to be found. Where do you look when you've checked under the bed, up in the tree, behind the goat-and he's still hiding? In this moving story, a young boy comes to terms with his grandfather's death.

Aliki Says

Irini Savvides

A powerful novel about family secrets and forgetting, from the award-winning author of Willow Tree and Olive. Aliki syas, 'Jump!' and everyone says, 'How high?

The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature

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... and transgender discourse, both of which seek to disrupt and destabilize conventional modes of gender and sexual identity formation. YA novels such as Touch Me (2000) by James Moloney and Sky Legs (2003) by Irini Savvides feature ...

Camp Crush

Irini Savvides

Includes illustrations. Author has previously written 'Willow Tree & Olive' and 'Sky Legs'. Illustrator is author and illustrator of the Solo Travel books, illustrator of the Mango Street series.