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Libby Hathorn

Author of Way Home

80+ Works 897 Members 55 Reviews

About the Author

Libby Hathorn was born Elizabeth Hathorn in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. She was brought up in the Sydney suburbs of Maroubra and then Tamarama Beach. Hathorn received her eduation at Maroubra Junction Primary School, Sydney Girls High School, Balmain Teachers College, and Macquarie show more University. She's held past jobs as a lab assistant, teacher, teacher-librarian, senior education officer, producer, and antique-spotter. Hathorn's title, Way Home, was the recipient of the Kate Greenaway medal and has been translated into several languages. As well as her twenty fiction titles, Hathorn has also written educational books and video scripts currently in use in Australia and Canada. Several of her children's books have won awards in the Children's Book of the Year Awards, including The Tram to Bondi Beach and Thunderwith. She was awarded a Centenary Medal in the year 2003. Hallmark Hall of Fame made a movie of her bestselling young adult novel, Thunderwith, re-titled The Echo of Thunder. It starred Judy Davis, who was nominated for an Emmy Award. Hathorn has also been awarded a partnership grant with illustrator Celia Bride to work with Olivetti Australia to produce a hybrid CD/Internet project called The Wishing Cupboard based on an Asian tale. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012. Image credit Stanny Angga

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Works by Libby Hathorn

Way Home (1994) 124 copies
Thunderwith (1989) — Author — 101 copies
The Tram to Bondi Beach (1981) 55 copies
The Wonder Thing (1995) 52 copies
Rift (1998) 31 copies
Sky Sash So Blue (1998) 24 copies
The Blue Dress (1991) 23 copies
Feral Kid (Starlight) (1994) 22 copies
Chrysalis (1997) 21 copies
The Lenski kids and Dracula (1992) 18 copies
Eventual poppy day (2015) 17 copies
The Climb (1996) 17 copies
Grandma's Shoes (2000) 16 copies
Double Sorrow (1999) 16 copies
The surprise visit (1992) 13 copies
The Great Big Animal Ask (2004) 13 copies
Twice the Ring of Fire (1999) 13 copies
The Painter (2001) 12 copies
For Love to Conquer All (1999) 11 copies
Georgiana (2008) 10 copies
Caravan kids (2006) 10 copies
The Wishing Cupboard (2002) 10 copies
The gift (2000) 10 copies
No! Never! (2020) 9 copies
Zahara's Rose (2009) 8 copies
I love you book (2010) 7 copies
Lachlan's Walk (1981) 7 copies
Valley under the rock (1993) 7 copies
A Boy Like Me (2012) 6 copies
A face in the water (2000) 6 copies
A Baby for Loving (2014) 6 copies
Fire song (2009) 6 copies
Letters to a Princess (2007) 6 copies
Who? (1993) 6 copies
Looking out for Sampson (1987) 6 copies
Volcano Boy (2001) 6 copies
Outside (1656) 5 copies
21 wombats (1994) 5 copies
Incredibilia (2016) 5 copies
Over the Moon (2003) 5 copies
Crocodile feast (1993) 5 copies
Magical ride (1999) 4 copies
Zoe e Connie 4 copies
Olymp-a-Roo (1994) 4 copies
The river (2001) 4 copies
Paolo's secret (1985) 4 copies
Koala Babe (1993) 3 copies
Stephens tree (1979) 3 copies
Stuntumble Monday. (1989) 3 copies
So Who Needs Lotto? (1990) 3 copies
Jezza sez (1990) 3 copies
The best cat, the Est Cat (2021) 2 copies
Friends and secrets (2000) 2 copies
Vietnam reflections (2009) 2 copies
The Garden of the World (1989) 2 copies
There and Back (1994) 2 copies
Half Time (1987) 1 copy
Our Baby (2020) 1 copy
Juke-box Jive (1996) 1 copy
The Echo of Thunder [1998 TV movie] (1998) — Author — 1 copy

Associated Works

Dream Time: New Stories by Sixteen Award-Winning Authors (1989) — Contributor — 21 copies
Hair-Raising: Ten Horror Stories (1992) — Contributor — 14 copies
Before Dawn: More Tales to Read at Night (1988) — Contributor — 11 copies
Goodbye and Hello (1992) — Contributor — 9 copies
Top Drawer (1992) — Contributor — 5 copies
Amazing: more wonderfully weird stories (1989) — Contributor — 5 copies

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I loved this book in my early teens. The main character goes through losing her .other to cancer and adjusting to a step family. She has bullies at school. Set in Australia with a dog as her companion.
Was extremely helpful to me as a teen as I dealt with my parents divorce and remarriage, family members passing away etc. Prefect for young women dealing with family issues
 
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readwithwine | 3 other reviews | Feb 3, 2020 |
Some great themes but a bit dated
½
 
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Amzzz | Apr 20, 2018 |
Valley under the Rock is, I suppose, a young adult novel but there was enough here to keep me interested.

Zoe Brahe is a 14 year old girl who has just had her first sexual encounter. Sean said he would call her the next day but he didn't. Now she is away on holidays with her mother and brother in their family cottage in Megalong (an Aboriginal word meanind valley under the rock). She is miserable and even more upset when one of her mother's waif comes for a few days. Connie is brash and much too prone to use the word cute but she has had a tough life. Nevertheless, Zoe is determined to not like her. Connie makes a difference in everyone's lives and so do the other visitors, Anna and Tamara, who are Russian. Tamara is devastated to learn that a coup has taken place in Russia and she is determined to fly back to her family right away. The effects these people have on Zoe is profound and she even learns new things about her mother.

I loved the description of the Mermaid's Cave, an ancient place favoured by the Aboriginals. Maybe some day I'll visit the Valley under the Rock.
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gypsysmom | Aug 7, 2017 |
The story talks about Shane who is making his way home with the strange sounds and bright lights of the big city. He first runs into a stray cat that spits and hisses at him. He ends up deciding to take the cat home with him. Shane runs into many obstacles on his way home, but nothing will stop him from getting his new cat to his house.
 
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TylerAnderson | 26 other reviews | Apr 11, 2017 |

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