The Green Laurel (1963) is a novel for children by Australian author Eleanor Spence; it was illustrated by Geraldine Spence. It won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1964.[1]

The Green Laurel
First edition cover
AuthorEleanor Spence
Cover artistGeraldine Spence
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's fiction
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date
1963
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages181pp
Preceded byLillipilly Hill 
Followed byThe Year of the Currawong 

Story outline

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The novel centres on a girl whose father runs a fair-ground train at a holiday resort. Illness forces him to give up his job and the family move to a Sydney suburb close to a migrant camp.

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Writing in The Canberra Times K. Masterman noted: "The interesting and fascinating story brings out well the character of the two contrasted environments, and without any suggestion of preaching establishes the sound values that are felt without needing to be expressed in this writer's work."[2]

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