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The Great Gallipoli Escape

Jackie French Victor Gralak

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English
BOLINDA AUDIO
01 July 2023
Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and Wallaby Joe are starving, freezing and ill-equipped. By November 1915, they know that there is more to winning a war than courage. The Gallipoli campaign has been lost.

Nipper has played cricket with the Turks in the opposing dugout, dodged rocket fire and rescued drowning, freezing men when the blizzard snow melted. He is one of the few trusted with the secret, kept from even most of the officers – how an entire army will vanish from the Peninsula over three impeccably planned nights.

Based on first-hand accounts of those extraordinary last weeks of the Gallipoli campaign, this is the fascinating 'lost story' of how 150,000 men – and their horses and equipment – were secretly moved to waiting ships without a single life lost. An unforgettable story told through the eyes of a boy who lied about his age to defend his country.

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Imprint:   BOLINDA AUDIO
Country of Publication:   Australia
Edition:   Unabridged edition
Dimensions:   Height: 122mm,  Width: 132mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   113g
ISBN:   9781460746486
ISBN 10:   1460746481
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Recommended Age:   From 10 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   CD-Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, the 2014–2015 Australian Children's Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. In 2016 Jackie became a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to children's literature and her advocacy for youth literacy. She is regarded as one of Australia's most popular children's authors and writes across all genres — from picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi to her much loved historical fiction for a variety of age groups. ‘A book can change a child's life. A book can change the world' was the primary philosophy behind Jackie's two-year term as Laureate. Victor Gralak is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts where he studied various techniques across the acting spectrum. His first acting credit was in Exitleft Productions’ RENT in 2005 and has continued through to NBC’s Young Rock in 2022.

Reviews for The Great Gallipoli Escape

'French writes in such an enjoyable, humorous style.' (on Ming and Flo Fight for the Future) -- Better Reading 'This fast-paced book calls to young people to be world changers.' (on Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom) -- Reading Time 'I cannot recommend this book highly enough.' (on Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom) -- ReadPlus


  • Long-listed for ARA Historical Novel Prize 2023
  • Nominated for Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Younger Readers 2024

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