Playing Beatie Bow

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Summary: My favourite book
Review: I have loved this book since I first read it when it came out, and I was 19. I laughed, cried, and loved along with Abby, whose character I understood so well. When I finally got to visit the Rocks on a trip to Australia, I delighted in seeking out the places mentioned in the book, but alas, no Mitchell Tower, and it was all so clean! It is a pity that as a set text, school kids are forced to read Playing Beatie Bow, as it takes away the magic of discovering the book for themselves. It will always be one of my favourite books, right up there with Jane Austen, and I recommend it to women of every age who ever felt like a misfit, fell in love too young, or dreamt of being born 100 years ago.

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Summary: Beautiful
Review: Okay, I'm not actually under thirteen (I am 13) but anyway....

This book is beautiful. It's evocative, passionate and has an elusive, mysterious aura about it. The characters are all loved by Ruth Park, even the obnoxious Beatie and the hypochondriac, Gibbie.
I loved the way Abigail was so independant, and so strong. I completely fell in love with Judah and I don't think Robert will replace him- not for Abigail or me, actually.
Ruth Park is a fantastic author so I would recommend other books by her, particularly the Harp in the South- a look at suburban Sydney in the 1940's.

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Summary: Another Ruth Park Success
Review: Playing Beatie Bow is a book which recognises the inherent childish qualities of 14 year olds, and how time and experiences can turn teenage girls into wonderful adults. It looks at life through many eyes, and at the changes which society has made - both for better and for worse - in the past 150 years. Reading this book has been an annual event for me for 14 years, and I am only 25. I can thoroughly recommend a book which will have you smelling and hearing "The Rocks" in Sydney well before the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House were even physically possible!

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Summary: Playing Beatie Bow - A review
Review: well, i had to read this book for english and i didnt really enjoy it. It dragged on a bit and it was really boring. Sorry if im offending anyone who liked this book but this is what i think. My teachers always tell me to give a reason so i will. i think the main reason i didnt enjoy this book was because it was a bit old. It was published in 1980, so thats probobly why. I wasn't even born then. Anyway, the book is about this girl called Abigail who ends up travelling back in time by accident, and the family she stays with thinks she's the gift or something. Im not going to say what happens in the end, not because that would spoil it but because i didnt read the end - it was too boring. (please note, this is not meant to offend anyone or anything. This is the review i submitted to my teacher.) Thankyou, Written By ME (no names for saftey purposes)