1917 : machines of war / Nineteen seventeen : Machines of war
Falkner, Brian, 1962-
1917 : machines of war / Nineteen seventeen : machines of war Machines of war Brian Falkner. - 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. - Kiwis at war ; book 4. . - Kiwis at war ; book 4. .
Novel for children.
17-year-old Bob Sunday has stolen his brother's identity to enlist in WW1. Keith was killed at Gallipoli, so doesn't need it any more, anyway. But Bob is keen to join the Royal Flying Corps, and soon finds himself flying patrols over the front line in France, up against the likes of the Red Baron - Manfred von Richthofen. A boy's dreams of adventure are soon shattered amid the horrors of war; culminating in his witnessing the destruction at Passchendaele.
9781775432807 1775432807
World War, 1914-1918--Participation, New Zealand--Teen fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, British--Teen fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--France--Teen fiction.
Air pilots, Military--New Zealand--Teen fiction.
Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917--Teen fiction.
War fiction.
Historical fiction.
Young adult fiction, New Zealand.
NZ823.2
1917 : machines of war / Nineteen seventeen : machines of war Machines of war Brian Falkner. - 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. - Kiwis at war ; book 4. . - Kiwis at war ; book 4. .
Novel for children.
17-year-old Bob Sunday has stolen his brother's identity to enlist in WW1. Keith was killed at Gallipoli, so doesn't need it any more, anyway. But Bob is keen to join the Royal Flying Corps, and soon finds himself flying patrols over the front line in France, up against the likes of the Red Baron - Manfred von Richthofen. A boy's dreams of adventure are soon shattered amid the horrors of war; culminating in his witnessing the destruction at Passchendaele.
9781775432807 1775432807
World War, 1914-1918--Participation, New Zealand--Teen fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, British--Teen fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--France--Teen fiction.
Air pilots, Military--New Zealand--Teen fiction.
Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917--Teen fiction.
War fiction.
Historical fiction.
Young adult fiction, New Zealand.
NZ823.2