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020			_a9780732285401 (pbk.)
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020			_a9780732285401 (pbk.) : _c$15.99
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035			_a(OCoLC)216939782
035			_a(AuCNLKIN)000042204390
035			_a(Nz)11660858
035			_a(NLNZils)1286598
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn225675345
035			_a(OCoLC)225675345
037			_bHarperCollins Publishers Australia, 25 Ryde Rd, Pymble NSW 2073
040			_aNz _beng _cNZBWR _dOCoLC _dWN
082	0	4	_aA823.4 _222
100	1		_94562 _aFrench, Jackie, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA rose for the Anzac boys / _cJackie French.
260			_aPymble, N.S.W. : _bAngus & Robertson, _c2008.
300			_a290 pages; _bmaps; _c20 cm.
520			_aIt is 1915. New Zealander Midge Macpherson is at school in England, her brothers are in the army and her twin is listed as missing at Gallipoli. Midge and her school friends, Ethel and Anne, start up a canteen behind the front in France. Anne, daughter of English aristocracy, can't wait to escape her inevitable future of being married off to someone 'suitable', and Ethel, a Yorkshire lass, six foot tall and built like a rugby player, isn't exactly debutante material. Midge, recruited by the over-stretched ambulance service, is thrust into carnage and scenes of courage she could never have imagined. When the war is over, all three girls - and their Anzac boys as well - discover that even going 'home' can be both strange and wonderful. Suggested level: secondary.
520			_a"The story starts in 1915. Midge Macpherson is at school in England, having been sent there from New Zealand after her father's death. Her brothers are both serving in the war; her younger brother was last heard of at the Gallipoli campaign earlier that year. Her cousins are serving in the British army. Keen to 'do their bit' for the war effort, Midge and her school friends, Ethel and Anne, start up a canteen behind the front in France. Anne, daughter of English aristocracy, can't wait to escape her inevitable future of being married off to someone 'suitable', and Ethel, a Yorkshire lass, six foot tall and built like a rugby player, isn't exactly debutante material. As the war goes on, the girls start to see the consequences of the 'noble cause' they're supporting, graphically illustrated by letters from Midge's brother Dougie, her aunt Lallie (who is running a hospital ward in Alexandria), and a couple of Australians also serving on the front, Gordon Marks and Harry Harrison. Midge, resourceful for her years, is 'borrowed' by the ambulance service, thus witnessing at close hand the carnage of the battlefields, and hearing the stories of those who come back. She sings songs to the dying, learns to tolerate hit-and-miss anaesthesia and twelve-hour shifts, and meets some remarkable people. She accepts a birthday gift of a drawing, done by a blinded soldier, of a vase of roses. And, on her return to New Zealand, discovers that her world has changed, and she must seek out her future in Australia." -- Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xParticipation, Female _vFiction. _936671
650		0	_aWomen in war _vFiction. _936672
655		0	_aYoung adult fiction, Australian. _95250
650		1	_915900 _aWorld War, 1914-1918 _vFiction.
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