Playing Beatie Bow

This article is about the novel by Ruth Park. For the film, see Playing Beatie Bow (film).

Playing Beatie Bow
First Puffin edition, 1982
Author	Ruth Park
Country	Australia
Language	English
Genre	Children's novel
Publisher	Thomas Nelson (1980) and Puffin Books (1982)
Publication date	31 January 1980
Media type	Print
Pages	196

Playing Beatie Bow is an Australian children's book written by Ruth Park and first published on 31 January 1980.^[1] It features a time slip in Sydney, Australia.

Setting

The story concerns a 14-year-old girl named Abigail Kirk (formerly Lynette). While distraught over her parents' separation, she travels back in time as the result of a scary playground game.^[2] She finds herself involved with a shopkeeper's family in colonial Sydney-Town in the year 1873, where she meets Beatie Bow, a girl whose name appears in the game she was playing. Much of the book is set in real-life locations around Sydney's historical Rocks district.

Reviews

According to a review by a scholar of today, Playing Beatie Bow falls somewhere between a children’s book and young-adult fiction.^[3]

A blog reviewer based in Queensland considers, "The real key to this [story line] is the coming-of-age of Abigail. In building up the wall to protect herself, she’s really shielded herself from other people around her and the things which hurt or affect them. Spending time away from her own problems helps open her eyes up to other people – and the very real things which shape their stories."^[4]

Characters

Abigail Kirk (formerly Lynette)
Beatrice May Bow (Beatie Bow)
Gilbert Samuel Bow
Judah Bow
Samuel Bow
Dorcas Tallisker (Dovey)
Justine Crown
Vincent Crown
Natalie Crown
Katherine Kirk
Weyland Kirk
Alice Tallisker
Robert Bow
Two Chinese
The firemen
Audience

Awards

Won - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (1981)
Won - Canberra's Own Outstanding List: Fiction for Older Readers Award (1994)

References

↑ Playing Beatie Bow at Google Books
↑ Penguin Australia Retrieved 5 November 2015
↑ Monique Rooney in Reading Australia: Retrieved 5 November 2015
↑ Adventures of a Subversive Reader Retrieved 26 July 2016.

External resources

Book covers, Old Sydney, film stills: Retrieved 5 November 2015
Review containing a detailed plot summary: Retrieved 5 November 2015
Article recalling a school trip to Argyle Street area where the book is set: Retrieved 5 November 2015
The full 1986 film is available on YouTube. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers

1946–1949	The Story of Karrawingi the Emu by Leslie Rees (1946) Shackleton's Argonauts: A Saga of the Antarctic Icepacks by Frank Hurley (1948)

1950–1959	Whalers of the Midnight Sun by Alan Villiers (1950) Verity of Sydney Town by Ruth C. Williams (1951) The Australia Book by Eve Pownall (1952) Aircraft of Today and Tomorrow by James H. Martin & W. D. Martin (1953) Good Luck to the Rider by Joan Phipson (1953) Australian Legendary Tales by K. Langloh Parker (1954) The First Walkabout by Norman B. Tindale and Harold Arthur Lindsay (1955) The Crooked Snake by Patricia Wrightson (1956) The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales edited by Enid Moodie Heddle (1957) Tiger in the Bush by Nan Chauncy (1958) Devil's Hill by Nan Chauncy (1959) Sea Menace by John Gunn (1959)

1960–1969	All the Proud Tribesmen by Kylie Tennant (1960) Tangara by Nan Chauncy (1961) The Racketty Street Gang by L. H. Evers (1962) Rafferty Rides a Winner by Joan Woodberry (1962) The Family Conspiracy by Joan Phipson (1963) The Green Laurel by Eleanor Spence (1964) Pastures of the Blue Crane by H. F. Brinsmead (1965) Ash Road by Ivan Southall (1966) The Min-Min by Mavis Thorpe Clark (1967) To the Wild Sky by Ivan Southall (1968) When Jays Fly to Barbmo by Margaret Balderson (1969)

1970–1979	Uhu by Annette Macarthur-Onslow (1970) Bread and Honey by Ivan Southall (1971) Longtime Passing by H. F. Brinsmead (1972) Family at the Lookout by Noreen Shelley (1973) The Nargun and the Stars by Patricia Wrightson (1974) Fly West by Ivan Southall (1976) The October Child by Eleanor Spence (1977) The Ice is Coming by Patricia Wrightson (1978) The Plum-Rain Scroll by Ruth Manly (1979)

1980–1989	Displaced Person by Lee Harding (1980) Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park (1981) The Valley Between by Colin Thiele (1982) Master of the Grove by Victor Kelleher (1983) A Little Fear by Patricia Wrightson (1984) The True Story of Lilli Stubeck by James Aldridge (1985) The Green Wind by Thurley Fowler (1986) All We Know by Simon French (1987) So Much to Tell You by John Marsden (1988) Beyond the Labyrinth by Gillian Rubinstein (1989)

1990–1999	Came Back to Show You I Could Fly by Robin Klein (1990) Strange Objects by Gary Crew (1991) The House Guest by Eleanor Nilsson (1992) Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (1993) The Gathering by Isobelle Carmody (1994) Angel's Gate by Gary Crew (1995) Foxspell by Gillian Rubinstein (1995) Pagan's Vows by Catherine Jinks (1996) A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove by James Moloney (1997) Eye to Eye by Catherine Jinks (1998) Deadly, Unna? by Phillip Gwynne (1999)

2000–2009	48 Shades of Brown by Nick Earls (2000) Wolf on the Fold by Judith Clarke (2001) Forest by Sonya Hartnett (2002) The Messenger by Markus Zusak (2003) Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta (2004) The Running Man by Michael Gerard Bauer (2005) The Story of Tom Brennan by J. C. Burke (2006) Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan (2007) The Ghost's Child by Sonya Hartnett (2008) Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan (2009)

2010–present	Jarvis 24 by David Metzenthen (2010) The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett (2011) The Dead I Know by Scot Gardner (2012) Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan (2013) Wildlife by Fiona Wood (2014) The Protected by Claire Zorn (2015)

Picture Book (1955–present) Early Childhood (2001–present) Younger Readers (1982–present) Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (1988–present)

Canberra's Own Outstanding List: Fiction for Older Readers Award

1991-1999	People Might Hear You by Robin Klein (1991) Came Back to Show You I Could Fly by Robin Klein (1992) Del-Del by Victor Kelleher (1993) Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park (1994) Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden (1995) So Much to Tell You by John Marsden (1995) Paw Thing by Paul Jennings (1996) Paw Thing by Paul Jennings (1997) The Dead of the Night by John Marsden (1998) The Third Day, the Frost by John Marsden (1999)

2000-2009	The Night is for Hunting by John Marsden (2000) Just Disgusting! by Andy Griffiths (2003) Zombie Bums from Uranus by Andy Griffiths (2004) The Bad Book by Andy Griffiths (2005) Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict by Andy Griffiths (2006) Zombie Bums from Uranus by Andy Griffiths (2007) Spookiest Stories by Paul Jennings (2008) Give Peas a Chance by Morris Gleitzman (2009)

2010-present	The Battle of Rondo by Emily Rodda (2010) Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan (2011)

Picture Book Award (1993-present) Fiction for Younger Readers Award (1991-present)

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