The Family Conspiracy

The Family Conspiracy
Author Joan Phipson
Country Australia
Language English
Genre Children's fiction
Publisher Angus and Robertson
Publication date
1962
Media type Print
Pages 188pp
Preceded by The Boundary Riders
Followed by Threat to the Barkers

The Family Conspiracy (1962) is a novel for children by Australian author Joan Phipson; it was illustrated by Margaret Horder. It won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1963.[1]

Story outline

The Barker family run a sheep farm in the Central West of New South Wales. When Mrs Barker is diagnosed with a medical condition that requires hospitalisation the family children create a "conspiracy" to raise the money required for her treatment.

Critical reception

Writing in The Canberra Times a reviewer was impressed by the characterisation of the children: "These are no juvenile prodigies, outsmarting adults at every turn; they are very real people, combining childish strength and faults, and their actions are entirely credible. There is a great deal more that could be said in praise of this book; of its unassuming but faithful picture of the Australian country, and of the people who help give it character; of its patches of breathless adventure; and of the competent way in which characters and plot are welded together."[2]

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