Ursula Dubosarsky
The Blue Cat
The Blue Cat is set in Sydney, 1942, and filtered through the observations of a dreamy child, Columba. Ellery (Elias), a new boy, arrives at Columba’s school: he either does not speak English, or cannot speak. He is from Europe (You-rope), and may be a German-Jewish refugee. His mother is missing, and no longer sends letters. ‘Hitler killed her,’ says Columba’s brash friend, Hilda. As Columba observes the changes affecting Sydney during the war (curfews, air-raid drills, (...)
