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SUBJECT INDEX- C (Part 1).

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Camels, Camping, Castles and Palaces,  Cats, Caves, Centaurs, Christianity.

   

Camels

 

Hairy George (Max, Mum and Aunt Jessica are off on a camel trekking holiday. A camel called Hairy George makes life somewhat interesting for Max.)

 

Matt the Mage; First Spells (2004) (Matt wants to be a mage… but one of his first challenges is Bertie the camel who used to be something else.)

 

Three Loony Months (Granny goes off on a camel trek and is missing for some time.)

 

Camping

 

AURORA (Campers start a fire on Jericho Island which Aurora, Pat and Josh have to put out)

 

ANGIE THE BRAVE (Angie has great imaginary adventures while camping at the beach)

 

CAMPING IN THE TOWN HALL (A girl and her father camp in the town hall during a flood.)

 

CANDLE IRON (Allyso sleeps rough on her journey through McAnerin.)

 

DOWN RIVER (Three girls camp by a Tasmanian river)

 

FOOLS' GOLD (Adult novel - Abigail goes on a camping trip to her old hometown, and ends up sharing a tent with two miners in a nineteenth century shanty town.)

 

GREAT (Camping isn't so "great" in a storm.)

 

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE (Tam and her alien mother camp across Otherworld as they search for a missing unicorn.)

 

IN SEARCH OF A HUSBAND (Adult novel- Rue and Marcus are forced to make a makeshift camp while stranded by outback floods)

 

KISSING COUSINS (Adult novel - Alister and Trina have to camp in a shepherd's hut during a Tasmanian high-country rainstorm.)

 

LOOKING OUT FOR SAM (Sam and Bree camp in a hikers' hut while bushwalking up a mountain.)

 

NIGHT MUST ALWAYS COME (Adult novel - Suzo and Tad camp in an old house when a snowstorm knocks out the power.)

 

O'CONNOR'S LAST STAND (Adult novel - O'Connor has been camping for years in the outback when Annabel meets him. She is riding the boundary of Ballahoo Station and camping on the way.)

 

Swag Dog (Pel camps out with Tobor, a highly unusual dog)

 

THREE LOONY MONTHS (George camps in the library and then in the attic.)

 

THREE MISSING DAYS (Steve and Matt go camping and bushwalking)

 

TIMEDETECTORS (Two boys camp at the Asbestos Ranges and discover a skull)

 

TIME OFF (Rosemary camps with her new step family at the beach shack)

 

TRANSLATIONS IN CELADON (Teenagers camp in a strange world - but they're really not themselves)

 

WELCOME TO THE WEIRDIE CLUB (Julia is forced to go on a camping trip with Cousin Alice.)

 

 

Castles and Palaces

 

AMY AMARYLLIS (Amy Day swaps identities with her double, who lives in an Ankoorian castle)

 

CANDLE IRON (Allyso Tormblood's home, the Castle Torm, is under siege.)

 

THE CAT AND THE KING (A king and his cat enjoy one another's company at the palace)

 

KALLIE AND THE FISHERMEN (A wizard's apprentice goes to live in a castle)

 

KALLIE FETCHES THE DRAGON (Trouble at the wizard's castle)

  

Knightfall - The Reluctant Knight Book 1. (2002) (Simon finds himself living in a castle)

 

THE LONELY DRAGON (A dragon visits a palace)

 

TRANSLATIONS IN CELADON (A group of travellers head for the palace in the ruined city of Cerulean)

 

Cats

 

BATHING BEAUTY (The children agree to look after Beauty the cat, but then comes the great jam disaster.)

 

CAT BURGLAR OF PETHAVEN DRIVE (Sylvester Slink moves into the neighbourhood and things begin to vanish. Mr D must investigate.)

 

THE CAT AND THE KING (A cat and a king are friends)

 

CD AND THE GIANT CAT (CD befriends the Lone One, a desert feral or giant mutated cat.)

 

THE DAY THE COWS SLEPT IN (Short stories, including a cat story starring two cats called Gingerpop and Coldpower)

 

DREADFUL DAVID (Granny's kitten gets Davidized...)

FIVE EASY LESSONS

 

 

 (Justin's mum has a spoiled cat called Mocha)

 

THE GAME OF CAT AND LUCY (The Cat is very special and very intelligent. He enjoys playing "cat and mouse" with his young handler, Lucy)

 

HER KINGDOM FOR A PONY (Short stories, including one called "Springford Catastrophe")

 

THE INCREDIBLE SMELL (Joseph the cat is blamed for the incredible smell.)

 

IN MARA'S CASE (Adult novel - Mara has a cat called Brindled Catastrophe - BC)

 

KISSING COUSINS (Adult novel - A ginger cat helps Trina feel at home in the country)

 

 

LOOKING AFTER PEPPER (The black cat from down the road plays spies in Tara's garden.)

 

THE MONSTER MINDER (Pet-sitter Trish looks after a cat called Tina)

 

MY AUNT AGATHA (A black cat holds the clue to a murder mystery)

 

ONE WEIRD WEEK (Justin's mum's cat Mocha is allergic...)

 

THERE WERE CATS (A youthful witch must select a cat as her companion. She chooses a ginger one.)

 

THREE MISSING DAYS (Young Rose has a cat called Scratcat)

 

WHAT A DAY (The Mean Monstrosity terrorises poor Mr D)

 

Caves

AMY AMARYLLIS (Amy is kidnapped and shut in a cave in the land of Ankoor)

 

AURORA (Aurora has her own lair in a cave on Jericho Island)

 

CANDLE IRON (Allyso Tormblood must deal with a gemdrake to gain entry into the Crystallium Caverns.)

 

FOOLS' GOLD (adult novel - Not a cave, but Mad Matt's Mine makes a pretty good facsimile when Abigail shelters from the rain)

 

HERO (Tim is washed into a cave under the bank of the creek, where he finds a UFO)

 

KISSING COUSINS (adult novel - A visit to some Tasmanian caves is exhausting for Trina)

 

O'CONNOR'S LAST STAND (Adult novel - Flynn O'Connor has lived in the cavern at O'Connor's Leap for a century or more)

 

SHADOWDANCERS (An exiled Ankoorian healer tries to help a mindless girl who is brought to her cave)

 

SHAKEDOWN (Sam Cool shelters under an overhanging rock ledge on Miracle Reef. )

 

THREE MISSING DAYS (Rose and her family live in a cavehold)

 

Triple Treat (adult novel - Estranged couple Sabrina and Karl must spend time in a cave at Atonement Island's Cap le Blanc during a rainstorm)

 

WOLFMASTER (A cave swim triggers an adventure for a shy boy when he meets a wolf from the past)

 

 

Centaurs

HECTOR'S GARDEN (Hector the centaur statue is reconstructed and finds his old world gone)

 

Christianity

ANNA'S OWN (Adult novel - A kindly priest rides out to christen Anna's baby)

 

LOOKING OUT FOR SAM (A Christian boy meets an agnostic girl - and sparks begin to fly)

 

ONE WEIRD WEEK (Justin's friend Evie is Father Tom Janus's daughter.)

 

POWDERFLASH (Adult novel- A convict priest marries his protegé to a brideship girl)

 

TRANSLATIONS IN CELADON (Some of the action takes place in St Boniface's - a Catholic college)

 

TRINITY STREET (Some of the action takes place in St Saviour's - a Catholic college)

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