Jehan and the Quest of the Lost Dog

by Rosanne Hawke

  I wish to acknowledge Waseem Qureshi/ EPA, whose photo of a boy living in a tree in Punjab, Pakistan, inspired this story. The photo ‘A boy looks out from his temporary shelter in a tree in Muzaffargarh, Punjab province’ was published in ‘Pakistan Floods’, The Guardian, Friday 13 August 2010, https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2010/aug/13/pakistan-flooding

  The stories Jehan recounts, ‘The Pakistani Parrot’ and ‘The Clever Jackal’, can be found in Pakistani Folk Tales: Toontoony Pie and Other Stories by Ashraf Siddiqui, Marilyn Lerch and illustrated by Jan Fairservis, 1998, NY: Hippocrene Books.

  KELSEY AND THE QUEST OF THE PORCELAIN DOLL

  Rosanne Hawke

  Nanna, can you tell me a story just as if I were with you?

  Kelsey is in Pakistan and wants to go home. Mum and Dad are busy helping flood victims and she misses her friends. But most of all, Kelsey misses Nanna Rose.

  Luckily, Kelsey can talk to Nanna on Skype. To help Kelsey feel better, they create a story about a porcelain doll called Amy Jo who wants to find someone to love her. As Kelsey and Nanna imagine Amy Jo’s quest, Kelsey starts to realise Pakistan isn’t that bad after all.

  But how will the porcelain doll’s story end? Will Amy Jo find the person she’s destined for or be on a quest forever?

  ‘Best novel for younger readers is Rosanne Hawke’s Kelsey and the Quest of the Porcelain Doll. Hawke masterfully illuminates the culture of Pakistan in her perfectly structured tale.’ Australian Book Review Books of the Year 2014

  ‘A captivating story.’ Readings Monthly

  ‘A delight for young readers.’ Sunday Telegraph

  ‘A charming story, beautifully written, that provides a glimpse into the richness of another culture.’ Magpies

  ISBN 978 0 7022 5331 7

  First published 2017 by University of Queensland Press

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  © Rosanne Hawke 2017

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  Cover design by Jo Hunt

  Cover and chapter illustrations by Briony Stewart

  Typeset in 15.5/21pt Mrs Eaves by Post Pre-press Group, Brisbane

  The University of Queensland Press is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, it’s arts funding and advisory body.

  Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

  National Library of Australia

  http://catalogue.nla.gov.au

  Hawke, Rosanne, author.

  Jehan and the quest of the lost dog / Rosanne Hawke.

  ISBN 978 0 7022 5960 9 (pbk)

  ISBN 978 0 7022 5907 4 (pdf)

  ISBN 978 0 7022 5908 1 (epub)

  ISBN 978 0 7022 5909 8 (kindle)

  For primary school age.

  Floods – Pakistan – Juvenile fiction.

  Natural disasters – Pakistan – Juvenile fiction.

  Survival – Juvenile fiction.

  A823.3

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