| Description |
32 unnumbered pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Summary |
In this distressing look at life on the streets of a big city, Shane, a preteen boy, heads home past broken windows, graffitied walls, dilapidated fences, and alleys strewn with trash. On the way, he avoids a group of tough boys and encounters a fierce dog, talking all the while to the stray kitten snuggled safely inside his jacket. Finally he crawls through a jagged hole in a chainlink fence and into the cozy, sheltered corner of an alley that he calls home |
| Notes |
Originally published: Milsons Point, N.S.W.: Random House Australia; London: Andersen, 1994 |
| Subject |
Cats -- Juvenile fiction.
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Homeless children -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Novels.
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Picture books.
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| Author |
Rogers, Gregory, illustrator
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| ISBN |
1842702327 |
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9781842702321 |
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