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y separately published work icon Magrit single work   single work   children's fiction   children's   fantasy  
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Magrit
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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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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Newtown, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Walker Books Australia , 2016 .
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      Extent: 160p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 5 May 2016
      ISBN: 9781925081343
    • Newtown, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Walker Books Australia , 2019 .
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      Extent: 160p.p.
      Edition info: Paperback
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 March 2019.

      ISBN: 9781760650896

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Works about this Work

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 Lee Battersby , 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 Katharine England , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 June 2016; (p. 36)

— Review of Magrit Lee Battersby , 2016 single work single work children's fiction
Review : Magrit 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , April 2016;

— Review of Magrit Lee Battersby , 2016 single work single work children's fiction
Review : Magrit 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , April 2016;

— Review of Magrit Lee Battersby , 2016 single work single work children's fiction
Review : Magrit 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , April 2016;

— Review of Magrit Lee Battersby , 2016 single work single work children's fiction
Review : Magrit 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , April 2016;

— Review of Magrit Lee Battersby , 2016 single work single work children's fiction
[Review] Magrit Katharine England , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 June 2016; (p. 36)

— Review of Magrit Lee Battersby , 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 Lee Battersby , 2016 single work single work children's fiction
'Sometimes books come along to test boundaries, to invert the child's natural state of reality. ...'
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