Title The blue cat / Ursula Dubosarsky

Published Crow's Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2017 Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2017 ©2017

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Dub/Bca		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Dub/Bca		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Dub/Bca		AVAILABLE

Description 157 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm regular print Summary "A boy stood in the playground under the big fig tree. 'He can't speak English,' the children whispered...Sydney, 1942. The war is coming to Australia - not only with the threat of bombardment, but also the arrival of refugees from Europe. Dreamy Columba's world is shaken when Ellery, the little boy from far away, arrives at her school, and a mysterious stray cat appears in the neighbourhood... Both the boy and the cat have secrets. Can they help Columba make sense of the changes that are happening around her? Or are there some thing she may never understand?..." -- Back cover Analysis Australian Notes For young adults Subject Australian fiction. Children and war -- Juvenile fiction. Children and war -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Children's stories. Friendship -- Fiction. Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. Refugees -- Fiction. Children and war -- Australia -- Fiction. Refugees -- Australia -- Fiction. Refugees -- Juvenile fiction. World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Fiction. Refugees -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Fiction. ISBN 9781760292294

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