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Starke, Ruth, 1946-,

An Anzac tale / written by Ruth Starke ; illustrated by Greg Holfeld. - Kingswood, S. Aust. : Working Title Press, 2013. - 78 pages; colour illustrations, map; 29 cm.

Includes notes and glossary.

When Australia pledges its support to Great Britain at the outbreak of World War I, mates Roy Martin and Wally Cardwell are among the first to enlist. But what the friends first thought would be an adventure soon turns to disaster The day after the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915, more than 2000 of their fellow Anzacs are dead. As the campaign drags on, life for Wally and Roy and their new friend, Tom, becomes a battle of endurance against a plucky enemy, a hostile landscape, flies, fleas, cold and disease. The story of the Anzac campaign, including the battle of Lone Pine, is interspersed with scenes of Australians at home to show the shift from popular support of the Empire at the start of the war to profound disillusionment as the casualties begin to mount. A sophisticated picture book.

Suitable for use with secondary classes.

ISBN: 9781921504532 (hbk) 1921504536 (hbk)

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps --History--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns --Turkey --Gallipoli Peninsula --Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--New Zealand--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Australia --Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Gallipoli Peninsula (Turkey)--History, Military --20th century--Juvenile fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 741.5