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Jackie French

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.

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Title:

The Great Gallipoli Escape (MP3)

Written by:

Jackie French 

Read by:

Victor Gralak 

Format:

Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

1 

Duration:

3 hours 18 minutes 

MP3 size:

145 MB 

Published:

July 01 2023 

Available Date:

July 01 2023 

Age Category:

Children (10+) 

ISBN:

9781460746493 

Genres:

Fiction; Australian Fiction; Children's Fiction; Historical Fiction 

Publisher:

Bolinda/HarperCollins audio 

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Format

Price

Bolinda price

AUD$ 14.95

AUD$ 14.95

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Bestselling author
Award winning author
Australian author

Longlisted ARA Historical Novel Prize 2023
Notable Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year / Younger Readers 2024

Renowned for her historical fiction titles, award-winning author Jackie French tells the story of the brilliant and famous evacuation of Gallipoli.

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.

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