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Barcode37821002572952
LocationMarshall District
TitleWombat waiting / Katherine Applegate ; illustrations by Jen Bricking.
AuthorApplegate, Katherine, author.
Call NoJ APP
CollectionJ New Arrivals

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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780063221178
International Standard Book Number 0063221179
Dewey Decimal Classification Number [Fic]
Personal Name Applegate, Katherine, author.
Title Statement Wombat waiting / Katherine Applegate ; illustrations by Jen Bricking.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York : Storytide, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2026.
Physical Description 328 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Summary, Etc. Wombat isn't actually a wombat--but when the homeless dog is discovered, singed and ash-covered after a terrible fire destroys a community, someone tags her with the nickname and it sticks. Wombat is a "destiny dog." Something inside of her (she nicknames it "Voice') keeps telling her there's a special someone out there who is meant to be her person. Surrounded by a devastated town, Wombat takes up residence on bench near the makeshift community center, an old brick warehouse that, for the most part, survived the flames. A small part of the community center evacuation site has been repurposed for the local wildlife rehab sanctuary that burned down. All of the animals were spared, and the temporary quarters include an elderly fruit bat and a young Northern saw-whet owl. No matter what, Wombat refuses to move from her perch, despite the efforts of many humans. Clearly the dog is waiting for someone. But for whom? And what are the odds they survived?
Target Audience Note 4567 Libraria.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Friendship Juvenile fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Dogs Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Dogs Juvenile fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Fate and fatalism Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Animal rescue Juvenile fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Survival Juvenile fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Families Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Fires Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Pet adoption Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Wildfires Juvenile fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Animal fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels in verse.
Added Entry, Personal Name Bricking, Jennifer, illustrator.

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