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Blitzcat


Scholastic Hardcover

School year: Year 5, Year 6, Year 7

No. of pages 240

Published: 2015

Great for age 9-12 years

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She made her way down the cliff, and on to the beach. At the edge of the waves, she stopped, shaking her wet paws. She knew that somewhere ahead was her person, but far, far away. She miaowed plaintively; stood staring at the moving blur of uncrossable sea. She led the way to safety, out of the blazing hell of blitzed Coventry. People touched her for luck; feared her as an omen of disaster. Wherever she went, she changed lives . . . From her beginning to her end she never wavered. She was the Blitzcat. Blitzcat by Robert Westall is the Smarties Prize-winning book about one brave cat's experiences during World War Two. Now with a brilliant new cover look and including an extended author biography.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book features in the following series: Limelight, M Books, Piper Series, Scholastic Hardcover .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-18 years.

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published in 2015 by Pan Macmillan .

Robert Westall -Twice winner of the Carnegie Medal. -Winner of the Smarties Prize.

 

This book is in the following series:

Piper Series

M Books

Limelight

Scholastic Hardcover

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Smarties Book Award - Ages 9-11 Years
This book was recognised in the Ages 9-11 Years category by the Smarties Book Award.

Nestle Smarties Children's Book Prize - Golden Oak Award
This book was recognised in the Golden Oak Award category of the Nestle Smarties Children's Book Prize.

Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.

"Sensitive readers will realize at once that the story of Lord Gort is one of those tales that, once begun, demands to be finished. . . . Each of these glimpses of men and women in wartime is as perfect as a pearl; Lord Gort's journey is the single black thread on which the precious beads are strung." "Publishers Weekly""

 

"Westall's writing has always been strong and vivid but he has rarely written as confidently as this." "Times Literary Supplement""