TY - BOOK AU - French,Jackie AU - Whatley,Bruce TI - Cyclone SN - 9781743623596 (hardback) U1 - A823.3 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Lindfield, NSW PB - Scholastic Australia KW - Cyclones KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Storms KW - Natural disasters KW - Disaster relief KW - Cyclone Tracy, 1974 KW - Darwin (N.T.) KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Australian fiction KW - Children's stories N1 - For children N2 - Pile the presents by the tree Though clouds spiral out at sea. Wind snarls, skies weep grey But Santas sleigh is on its way! Christmas Eve 1974 is marked indelibly into the Australian psyche, as the night tropical Cyclone Tracy devastated the city of Darwin. Now, over 40 years later, Jackie Frenchs lyrical rhyming text tells the story of a citys indomitable spirit, and Bruce Whatleys sumptuous illustrations bring to life the powerful force of the storm to a whole new generation of readers ER -