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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Bodger
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'Set in the 1940s in Western Australia, 11-year-old Angus McCrea has to grapple with the death of his father, relocation from Fremantle to a small country town, and a new step -family. The loyalty and bravery of his new pup Bodger is crucial to his survival.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crawley, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Cygnet Books , 2002 .
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      Extent: xi, 279p.p.
      Description: map.
      Note/s:
      • Published: February 1, 2002
      ISBN: 1876268654
      Series: y separately published work icon Cygnet Young Fiction UWA Publishing (publisher), Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2004-2005 Z1439196 2004 series - publisher children's fiction children's
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Untitled H. M. Saxby , 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. 24-25)
— Review of Bodger Peter D. Jeans , 2002 single work children's fiction
Untitled Pat Tighe , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 13 August 2002; (p. 7)
— Review of Bodger Peter D. Jeans , 2002 single work children's fiction
Untitled Stella Lees , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 10 no. 2 2002; (p. 46)
— Review of Bodger Peter D. Jeans , 2002 single work children's fiction
Untitled Fran Knight , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 17 no. 2 2002; (p. 34)
— Review of Bodger Peter D. Jeans , 2002 single work children's fiction
Books Lucy Sussex , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 July 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of Bodger Peter D. Jeans , 2002 single work children's fiction
Untitled H. M. Saxby , 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. 24-25)
— Review of Bodger Peter D. Jeans , 2002 single work children's fiction
Pleasant Auguries Pam Macintyre , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 241 2002; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Painted Love Letters Catherine Bateson , 2002 single work children's fiction ; Tongue-Tied! Paul Jennings , 2002 selected work children's fiction ; Njunjul the Sun Meme McDonald , Boori Pryor , 2002 single work novel ; Bodger Peter D. Jeans , 2002 single work children's fiction ; Mum, Me, the 19C David McRobbie , 2002 single work novel
Throwback deserves to catch on Ken Spillman , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 May 2002; (p. 8)
— Review of Bodger Peter D. Jeans , 2002 single work children's fiction
Books Lucy Sussex , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 July 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of Bodger Peter D. Jeans , 2002 single work children's fiction
Untitled Fran Knight , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 17 no. 2 2002; (p. 34)
— Review of Bodger Peter D. Jeans , 2002 single work children's fiction
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Last amended 20 Oct 2014 16:18:06
Subjects:
  • 1940-1945
Settings:
  • Western Australia,
  • Rural,
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