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Battlefield /

Tucker, Alan, 1952-

Battlefield / Alan Tucker. - Gosford, N.S.W. : Scholastic Press, 2010. - 186 pages; 20 cm.

Barry Blacker is obsessed with being a soldier. He is desperate to join the army like his older brother Jack, who is in a Japanese POW camp. He practises drills on the family farm in Cowra, and spies on the Japanese prisoners in the camp nearby. When some of the prisoners escape, Barry's attempt to be a hero has devastating consequences. Based on a true story

For primary school age.

ISBN: 9781741695519 (pbk) 1741695511 (pbk)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1939 - 1945.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons --Juvenile fiction.
Concentration camp escapes--Juvenile fiction.
Prisoners of war--Japan --Juvenile fiction.
Prisoners of war--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New South Wales (Cowra)--Juvenile fiction.
Japan--Juvenile fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: A823.4

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