Eleanor Elizabeth

Twelve year old Eleanor doesnt want to move from her home in the cool New England region of New South Wales to the hot dry Western Plains and a new home on her mothers family farm. One day in the old schoolhouse on the farm she makes an amazing discovery finding her grandmothers diary written when she was Eleanors own age. Eleanor doesnt remember her grandmother Elizabeth who died when she was three; but as she explores the diary and its secrets she begins to understand not only her grandmothers life and personality but also to appreciate the special qualities of the region where she lives. But her grandmothers diary will prove to be much more than just absorbing reading material when great danger threatens Eleanor and her brothers...Vividly written and grippingly told this new edition of multi-award-winning author Libby Gleesons first novel originally published in 1984 features a new introduction by the authorand illustrations by Beattie Alvarez.