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1917 : machines of war / Brian Falkner.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Kiwis at war ; book 4.Description: 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781775432807
  • 1775432807
Other title:
  • Nineteen seventeen : machines of war
  • Machines of war
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • NZ823.2 23
Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: Hāwera Reading Vine - Adventure Stories
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Young adult fiction Manaia LibraryPlus YA Young adult fiction FALK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available i2164802
Young adult fiction Ōpunakē LibraryPlus YA Young adult fiction FALK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available i2164801
Young adult fiction Stratford YA Young adult fiction FAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00794908
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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.

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