Michelle Blackbird writes under a pen name. She is the author of the children's novel Wish You Were Here, an homage to Anne Frank, which, when reviewed, was highly recommended as a middle-grade study on war fiction. She received a Bachelor of Arts from The University of South Australia and a Bachelor of Education with Honours from Flinders University. A retired ESL teacher, she has a passion for the written word, her mind frequently swamped with ideas for the next story, and the next, and the next ...
This is a touching story about the unbreakable bond between ten-year-old Basil and his Border Collie who were cruelly separated during a pet cull on evacuation day at the outbreak of war. To add to the boy's heartbreak, he is troubled by being in possession of a timepiece belonging to the despised
