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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.)
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The Kensington Reptilarium by N J Gemmell
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 2013 single work children's fiction -
Young Adult Fiction
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 February 2014; (p. 22)
— Review of The Kensington Reptilarium 2013 single work children's fiction ; The Year My Life Broke 2013 single work children's fiction -
Barefoot Snakes and Ladders
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 2013 single work children's fiction
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Barefoot Snakes and Ladders
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 2013 single work children's fiction -
Young Adult Fiction
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 February 2014; (p. 22)
— Review of The Kensington Reptilarium 2013 single work children's fiction ; The Year My Life Broke 2013 single work children's fiction -
The Kensington Reptilarium by N J Gemmell
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 2013 single work children's fiction
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Last amended 29 Apr 2014 12:16:32
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London,
cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Australian Outback, Central Australia,
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