TY  - BOOK
AU  - Catran,Ken
TI  - When Empire calls
SN  - 9781869435554 (pbk.) :
U1  - NZ823.2 22
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Auckland, N.Z.
PB  - Scholastic
KW  - South African War, 1899-1902
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Brothers
KW  - Letters
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Young adult fiction, New Zealand
KW  - local
KW  - War fiction
N1  - Novel for children
N2  - It's 1899 and James' two brothers (Edward and Lionel) go to fight in the Boer War. Life continues for James, going to school, helping out on the family farm and working for Fred, the local shopkeeper. Edward's letters to James describe the horrors of war, which Fred knows only too well. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary
ER  -