Haywire
Saxby, Claire2020
Book
In 1939, fourteen-year-old Tom lives in Hay where his family runs the local bakery. Max Gruber is nearly fourteen-years-old. He is sent to his Uncle Ferdy in London, but is then interned and shipped to Australia aboard the Dunera. He arrives in Hay and meets Tom. The two boys become friends and find their lives and their friendship influenced by a far-away conflict in Europe.
Main title:
Haywire / Claire Saxby.
Author:
Saxby, Claire, author
Work:
Imprint:
Gosford, NSW : Omnibus Books, an imprint of Scholastic Australia Pty Limited, 2020.©2020.
Collation:
246 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
"Caught in a war and far from home". -- Front cover.
Audience:
For secondary school age.
ISBN:
9781742769196 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
Hay Internment and Prisoner of War Camps -- Young adult fictionAliens -- Young adult fictionBakers and bakeries -- Young adult fictionBoys -- Young adult fictionConcentration camps -- Young adult fictionConcentration camps -- New South Wales -- Hay -- Young adult fictionCountry life -- New South Wales -- Hay -- Young adult fictionFriendship -- Young adult fictionGermans -- Australia -- Young adult fictionVoyages and travels -- Young adult fictionWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Young adult fictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Young adult fictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Young adult fictionHay (N.S.W.) -- History -- 20th century -- Young adult fictionAustralia -- Young adult fictionAustralian fictionHistorical fictionWar fiction
BRN:
113892