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255 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
In her second novel, Mary Patchett, author of âÂÂWild BrotheâÂÂ, tells in simple and vivid terms, the story of a young girl, Julitha, born and reared in AustraliaâÂÂs outback. Parallel with JuliâÂÂs own story, and interlocking with it, is the life of MaâÂÂamu, the only surviving kitten of a domestic cat which was JuliâÂÂs dearest friend. The relentless forces â of man, of nature and of other will animals â which conspire to make of MaâÂÂamuâÂÂs life a thing of danger and savage beauty are superbly described by an author whose feeling for the scenic background of AustraliaâÂÂs desert lands and the elemental forces of nature is here matched with and intensely sympathetic intuition into the ways of a wild cat, and of a simple, lonely girl reaching out with innocent eagerness for the chances life has to offer. -- Dust jacket |
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Australian outback adventure http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93094502 -- Juvenile fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687
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Cats -- Juvenile fiction.
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Cats -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction.
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Country life -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
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Deserts -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
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Farm life -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
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Feral cats -- Juvenile fiction.
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Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Juvenile fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687
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Fiction.
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Illustrated works.
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