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The Key and the Fountain
by
John Pinkney (Goodreads Author)
Who were the young people whose voices Robin could hear, coming from a locked room in her aunt's ramshackle mansion? Why did the old crumbling ball she found in the latticework of the summerhouse stir such a rush of memories? And what possible explanation could there be for the astonishing photograph she saw in the library? Or for the letter that had been written and forgo...more
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Published
April 4th 2011
(first published 1985)
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(Before anyone points it out, yes I'm aware that I have two editions of this book shelved and reviewed.)
This was one of my absolute favourite books when I was in primary school. I was first attracted to it by the cover - which I absolutely can not find anywhere on the internet to upload :( It showed a young girl with long blonde hair standing in front of a fountain, a key in her hand. Pretty sure it was sepia-toned as well. I must have read the book a hundred times between the ages of about 7 or...more
This was one of my absolute favourite books when I was in primary school. I was first attracted to it by the cover - which I absolutely can not find anywhere on the internet to upload :( It showed a young girl with long blonde hair standing in front of a fountain, a key in her hand. Pretty sure it was sepia-toned as well. I must have read the book a hundred times between the ages of about 7 or...more
Apr 29, 2009
Sally
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
historical,
my-childhood-favourites,
bush,
childrens,
time-travel,
my-favourites,
australian,
friendship
Oh boy, was I nuts about this one as a kid! It had a different cover though, which I can't for the life of me find on google. Sadness. Anyway, I wonder if the book would hold up as well now? I haven't touched it since I left primary school, and thus the only library with a copy. I don't remember it terribly well now, but I always think of it in the same vein as Tom's Midnight Garden.
ETA 24/04/12 - thanks to the absolutely lovely Mr. John Pinkney, I finally own my own copy of this - with that tan...more
ETA 24/04/12 - thanks to the absolutely lovely Mr. John Pinkney, I finally own my own copy of this - with that tan...more
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Very charming story for kids. Most of all it seemed like an Australian version of "The Secret Garden" with a bit of magic tossed in for good measure. I think I would most possibly have adored it if I had read it as a kid. As it was, I was definitely taken in by its charm, but did find the ending a tiny bit lacking.
Jul 26, 2012
Joanne G.
marked it as to-read
Jul 24, 2012
Susan
marked it as to-read
Nov 30, 2009
Angela Alcorn
marked it as to-read
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review of another edition
Shelves:
we-own,
history,
fantasy,
fiction,
kids,
kids-educational-material,
1980-1989,
20th-century
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JOHN PINKNEY is a bestselling Australian author, screenwriter and journalist.
His ebooks include The Mary Celeste Syndrome...Alien Airships Over Old America...Haunted: the ghosts that share our world...Australia's Strangest Mysteries...A Paranormal File...Thirst: an Inheritance of Evil...The Girl Who Touched Infinity...The Key and the Fountain.
John's original screenplay Thirst, directed by Rod Hard...more
More about John Pinkney...
His ebooks include The Mary Celeste Syndrome...Alien Airships Over Old America...Haunted: the ghosts that share our world...Australia's Strangest Mysteries...A Paranormal File...Thirst: an Inheritance of Evil...The Girl Who Touched Infinity...The Key and the Fountain.
John's original screenplay Thirst, directed by Rod Hard...more
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