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Writer
The language of the book is a mixture of street talk and description. There is a strong rhythm and repetition.
Libby Hathorn is Australian.
She read voraciously as a child,
and the beach and the bush have
had a big influence on her.
Artist
Greg Rogers was born in 1957 in Brisbane, Australia. He studied Fine Art at the Queensland College of Art, and his sensitive use of charcoal and pastel create Shane and his cat in splendid city-at-night time scenes.
Way Home by Libby Hathorn
Storyline
Pictures
It’s night and the dark is filled with strange sounds as Shane makes his way home. On a fence he finds a stray cat that at first growls and spits at him. But Shane talks and strokes the kitten to calmness, and decides to take the ‘Spitfire, Kitten Number One,’ home with him. No gang of boys, or avenue of dense traffic, or fierce dog can stop Shane carrying his new found friend to the place he calls home.
Audience
The illustrations are vibrant and atmospheric and each picture has a corner torn away to reveal the text.
This text will particularly appeal to boys and upper KS2 pupils.
The perfect stimulus for discussion or creative writing. This is an excellent text to use to discuss homelessness and street children.
This book tells the story of a boy who finds a stray kitten and decides to take it home with him. On his way home, the city is revealed – houses, gangs, traffic and dogs. Eventually, he arrives home and you find that he lives ...
under a bridge, in a corner full of junk.
Brainstorm ‘home’ using mind42