To love a sunburnt country / Jackie French.
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TextSeries: French, Jackie. Matilda saga ; [4]Publisher: Sydney South, NSW : Angus & Robertson, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 466 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780732297237 (paperback); 0732297230 (paperback)Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- Juvenile fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Juvenile fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- Juvenile fiction | Families -- Juvenile fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction | Australia -- Social conditions -- 1901-1945 -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Young adult fiction. | Australian fiction. DDC classification: A823.3 Summary: Nancy has driven cattle a thousand miles into Queensland and laughed at the disapproval of colonial memsahibs. But even 'Nancy of the Overflow' cannot stop the Japanese Army surging towards Australia. As bombs fall on Singapore, she vows that her sister-in-law and baby nephew will survive. From the desperate prison camps of Malaya and Thailand to secret flights in tiny planes into Japanese-held New Guinea jungle, this is the story of Australia, from 1941 to 1946, when loving your country meant you had to fight for it - and for survival.
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| wnor- Book | Wundowie Wundowie Young Adult | YA JF FRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111060020409 |
Nancy has driven cattle a thousand miles into Queensland and laughed at the disapproval of colonial memsahibs. But even 'Nancy of the Overflow' cannot stop the Japanese Army surging towards Australia. As bombs fall on Singapore, she vows that her sister-in-law and baby nephew will survive. From the desperate prison camps of Malaya and Thailand to secret flights in tiny planes into Japanese-held New Guinea jungle, this is the story of Australia, from 1941 to 1946, when loving your country meant you had to fight for it - and for survival.
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