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Blitzcat - Robert Westall

Description: ISBN 0330310402 / Author: Robert Westall / Genre: Junior Books

Newest Review: ... a cat and her journey to find her owner ~ the backdrop is the terror and danger of Britain during the Blitz. Westall used the ... more

... premise that cats have an innate ability to find their owners and are often able to navigate over long distances with determination and courage ~this is known as psi-trailing. The cat is called Lord Gort and the owner she is seeking (Geoffrey Wensley) is in the RAF. When War breaks out Geoffrey is sent overseas and his family are evacuated (they live in Dover and the threat of bombing was high). Lord Gort disappears and it is assumed t...more

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Blitzcat - Robert Westall: Cat on a Hot Cathedral Roof! (1113 words)
by tange - written on 07/08/03 (Very useful, 755 readings)
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Those of you have read some of my previous book reviews will have noticed that I like Robert Westall and that I am also going through a faze of reading children's books (often centring around the Second World War period). Blitzcat is another of these wonderful books that I really enjoyed re-reading. I had first read it not long after reading The Machine Gunners and was really pleased to see we had a new copy in the library (following its re-release in 2002) ~ it had first been published in 1989 (all details can be found at http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/books/n3/n17860.htm?authorid=4082 so I won't repeat all that). ~~~The Author. Robert ...

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