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The Blue Cat

The Blue Cat

by Ursula Dubosarsky
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Publication Date: 29/03/2017
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Ursula Dubosarsky is the Australian Children's Laureate for 2020 - 2021


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 growing larger. She is drawn to Ellery, the little boy from far away, and, together with her highly practical best friend Hilda, the three children embark on an adventure through the harbour-side streets - a journey of discovery and terror, in pursuit of the mysterious blue cat ...

ISBN:
9781925576597
9781925576597
Category:
Uncategorized
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
29-03-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
ALLEN & UNWIN
Ursula Dubosarsky

Ursula was born and grew up in Sydney in a family of writers, and wanted to be a writer from the age of six. She is now the author of over 50 books for children and young adults and her work is published all over the world.

She has won several national literary awards, including the Victorian, Queensland and South Australian State Awards for literature, and has also won the NSW Premier's Literary Award a record five times, more than any other writer in the history of the awards.

Internationally she has been nominated for both the Hans Christian Andersen award and the Astrid Lindgren prize. She has a PhD in English literature and currently lives in Sydney.

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