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Willie Apiata, VC: The Reluctant Hero
 

Willie Apiata, VC: The Reluctant Hero (Paperback, Abridged edition)

By Little, Paul; With Lockyer, John

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Corporal Willie Apiata became the first New Zealander since the Second World War to be awarded the Commonwealth's highest military award for his actions with the NZ SAS in Afghanistan. From his early life in small town East Coast New Zealand to his actions in the deserts of Afgha ...

ISBN 9780143304579
Published 30 March 2009 by Penguin
Interest Age 9-16 years
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Paperback, Film Tie-in ed)

By Boyne, John

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Tells the story of a nine-year-old boy called Bruno. And sooner or later the reader arrives with Bruno at a 'fence', which is not meant to be crossed.

ISBN 9781862305274
Published 20 February 2009 by Random House
Interest Age 12-15 years
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The Gallipoli Letter: The Letter That Changed the Course of the Gallipoli Campaign
 

The Gallipoli Letter: The Letter That Changed the Course of the Gallipoli Campaign (Hardback)

By Murdoch, Keith

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The vivid, charged and emotional letter that changed the course of the Gallipoli campaign.

ISBN 9781742373133
Published 1 April 2010 by Allen & Unwin
Interest Age Young Adults
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Anzac Day Parade
  

Anzac Day Parade (Paperback)

By Kane, Glenda; Illustrated by Allen, Lisa

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A poignant look at war through the eyes of a former member of the 18th Battalion. Told in rhyme it takes place on Anzac Day when an old man and a young boy meet - the young boy wide-eyed and wanting to hear the glories of war and death; the old man quietly sad to remember the rea ...

ISBN 9780143503538
Published 29 March 2010 by Penguin
Interest Age 8-12 years
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World War II

World War II (Paperback, New title)

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Explore some of history's major conflicts through the words of those who were involved: soldiers, families, campaigners and the victims of terrible atrocities and injustice. Interspersed with a variety of primary source material, including letters, diary entries, film extracts, s ...

ISBN 9781860078361
Published 6 October 2005 by TickTock Books
Interest Age 10-13 years
Series Lost Words Series
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Soldier in the Yellow Socks: Charles Upham - Our Finest Fighting Soldier
   

Soldier in the Yellow Socks: Charles Upham - Our Finest Fighting Soldier (Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Marriott, Janice; Illustrated by Potter, Bruce

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A retelling of the story of New Zealand soldier Charles Upham. The only soldier to win two Victoria Crosses in the Second World War, Upham was the quintessential war hero. Upham was a high-country Canterbury farmer, a quiet, modest and retiring man who was also an extraordinarily ...

ISBN 9781869505691
Published 10 March 2006 by HarperCollins
Interest Age 11-14 years
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Decision in Normandy: The Real Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign
   

Decision in Normandy: The Real Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign (Paperback, New edition)

By D'Este, Carlo

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Taking the reader from Churchill's first thoughts of an Allied invasion to the key battles that determined its outcome, 'Decision in Normandy' provides a true picture of the battle to liberate France.

ISBN 9780141017617
Published 2 February 2009 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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Blood Brothers
    

Blood Brothers (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Hopkins-Weise, Jeff

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This is a ground-breaking and sure to be controversial work that highlights, for the first time in detail, the story of how the New Zealand Land Wars of the 19th century were the true birthplace of an Australian and New Zealand military tradition that would become known as the AN ...

ISBN 9780143011187
Published 22 January 2009 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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My Mother's Eyes: The Story of a Boy Soldier

My Mother's Eyes: The Story of a Boy Soldier (Hardback)

By Wilson, Mark

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A fifteen-year-old Australian farm boy lies about his age to enlist to war and is caught up in the horrors of World War I in Egypt and on the Western Front, where 5,500 Australian troops were lost in two days at Fromelles alone. Age 8+.

ISBN 9780734410894
Published 12 March 2009 by Hachette
Interest Age 8-12 years
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Grey Ghosts
  

Grey Ghosts (Trade Paperback/Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

By Challinor, Deborah

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We were known to the enemy as 'grey ghosts'. We could be here, and we could be there... The Grey Ghosts were New Zealand's Vietnam veterans. Their powerful story includes chilling accounts of death, injuries and emotional breakdown, along with the intense comradeship of soldieri ...

ISBN 9781869507718
Published 1 April 2009 by HarperCollins
Interest Age Young Adults
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