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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 The Kensington Reptilarium
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'The Caddy kids are home alone and they're having the best time ever. Until a stranger arrives with news . . .

'This is the story of how four loud, grubby urchins from the Australian outback find themselves in London for the first peacetime Christmas after years of war.

'But their new guardian hates children. He prefers the company of the hundreds of snakes in his house – the Kensington Reptilarium.

'Fate lends Kick, Scruff, Bert and Pin a helping hand when outraged citizens call for the Reptilarium to be shut down. With the police about to descend, can the Caddy kids warm Uncle Basti's heart – and have their Christmas wishes granted – before it's too late?' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House Australia , 2013 .
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      Extent: 297p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 1 November 2013.
      ISBN: 9780857980502 (pbk.), 9780857980519 (ebk.)

Works about this Work

The Kensington Reptilarium by N J Gemmell Jodi Wiley , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 22 no. 1 2014; (p. 23)

— Review of The Kensington Reptilarium Nikki Gemmell , 2013 single work children's fiction
Young Adult Fiction Bridget Cormack , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 February 2014; (p. 22)

— Review of The Kensington Reptilarium Nikki Gemmell , 2013 single work children's fiction ; The Year My Life Broke John Marsden , 2013 single work children's fiction
Barefoot Snakes and Ladders Angie Schiavone , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 January 2014; (p. 31) The Canberra Times , 18 January 2014; (p. 26)

— Review of The Kensington Reptilarium Nikki Gemmell , 2013 single work children's fiction
Barefoot Snakes and Ladders Angie Schiavone , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 January 2014; (p. 31) The Canberra Times , 18 January 2014; (p. 26)

— Review of The Kensington Reptilarium Nikki Gemmell , 2013 single work children's fiction
Young Adult Fiction Bridget Cormack , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 February 2014; (p. 22)

— Review of The Kensington Reptilarium Nikki Gemmell , 2013 single work children's fiction ; The Year My Life Broke John Marsden , 2013 single work children's fiction
The Kensington Reptilarium by N J Gemmell Jodi Wiley , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 22 no. 1 2014; (p. 23)

— Review of The Kensington Reptilarium Nikki Gemmell , 2013 single work children's fiction
Last amended 29 Apr 2014 12:16:32
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  • London,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Australian Outback, Central Australia,
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