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'In 1890 a strange child custody case came before the court. Against all odds a tiny child was wrenched from the wreckage of the British East India vessel, Quetta, which struck rocks and sank, killing 130 in three horrific minutes. A young steward, Mutassa Clarke, heard the girl's cries and rescued her, calling her Quetta. But who is she? Her name and parental background, indeed her very presence on the Quetta, are a mystery. And who will adopt Quetta - the old captain, or the young man who plucked her so miraculously from the ship's debris?'
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2002
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review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 38)
— Review of Quetta 2002 single work picture book -
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2002
single work
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— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 3 2002; (p. 23-24)
— Review of Quetta 2002 single work picture book -
Picture Books to Give Courage
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criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 10 no. 3 2002; (p. 12-14) -
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2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , Jan/Feb vol. 82 no. 6 2002; (p. 32)
— Review of Quetta 2002 single work picture book -
Tales for a Dry Country
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 242 2002; (p. 61-62)
— Review of The Very Super Adventures of Nic and Naomi 2002 single work picture book ; The Magic Hat 2002 single work picture book ; Quetta 2002 single work picture book ; Old Tom's Holiday 2002 single work picture book ; A Year on Our Farm 2002 single work picture book
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Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 38)
— Review of Quetta 2002 single work picture book -
Hard Covers
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 April 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of Quetta 2002 single work picture book -
Tales for a Dry Country
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 242 2002; (p. 61-62)
— Review of The Very Super Adventures of Nic and Naomi 2002 single work picture book ; The Magic Hat 2002 single work picture book ; Quetta 2002 single work picture book ; Old Tom's Holiday 2002 single work picture book ; A Year on Our Farm 2002 single work picture book -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , Jan/Feb vol. 82 no. 6 2002; (p. 32)
— Review of Quetta 2002 single work picture book -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 3 2002; (p. 23-24)
— Review of Quetta 2002 single work picture book -
Picture Books to Give Courage
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 10 no. 3 2002; (p. 12-14)
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