REVIEWED BY ATLANTA, 9, VIC
The Soldier’s Gift by Tony Palmer, illustrated by Jane Tanner, Penguin Books Australia, ISBN 9780670077571
Atlanta read a copy of this book in her school library.
The Soldier’s Gift is about a young girl, Emily, who is desperate to do anything to stop her brother, Tom, from going to World War I in Turkey.
She tries her hardest to stop Tom, but when the time comes for Tom to leave the farm, she knows he needs to.
Tom faces the Turks in battle!
What will he write in letters home to his family?
What are his family thinking about while they wait for news?
This book can increase our learning about the Anzacs and life on the home front during a tragic time of war.
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