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'Magrit lives in an abandoned cemetery with her friend and advisor, Master Puppet, whom she built from bones and bits of graveyard junk. She is as forgotten as the tiny graveyard world that surrounds her. One night as Magrit and Master Puppet sit atop of their crumbling chapel, a passing stork drops a baby into the graveyard. Defying Master Puppet's demands that the baby be disposed of, and taking no heed of his dire warnings, Magrit decides to raise the baby herself. She gives him a name: Bugrat. Magrit loves Bugrat like a brother, friend and son all rolled into one. But Master Puppet and the newly discovered skeleton girl know all too well what will happen when Bugrat grows up - that the truth about them all will be revealed. Something Magrit refuses to face.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Other Formats
- Dyslexic edition
- Large print.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Magrit : Review
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 31 no. 2 2016; (p. 32)
— Review of Magrit 2016 single work single work children's fiction 'Sometimes books come along to test boundaries, to invert the child's natural state of reality. ...' -
[Review] Magrit
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 June 2016; (p. 36)
— Review of Magrit 2016 single work single work children's fiction -
Review : Magrit
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , April 2016;
— Review of Magrit 2016 single work single work children's fiction -
Review : Magrit
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , April 2016;
— Review of Magrit 2016 single work single work children's fiction
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Review : Magrit
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , April 2016;
— Review of Magrit 2016 single work single work children's fiction -
Review : Magrit
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , April 2016;
— Review of Magrit 2016 single work single work children's fiction -
[Review] Magrit
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 June 2016; (p. 36)
— Review of Magrit 2016 single work single work children's fiction -
Magrit : Review
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 31 no. 2 2016; (p. 32)
— Review of Magrit 2016 single work single work children's fiction 'Sometimes books come along to test boundaries, to invert the child's natural state of reality. ...'
Awards
- 2017 winner APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Children’s Fiction Book designed by Amy Daoud.
- 2017 selected White Ravens
- 2017 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
- 2017 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Younger Readers
- 2016 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Children's Division