Secret sparrow
French, Jackie, 1953-2023
Book
This is the story of women who fought during WW1, but not as nurses or ambulance drivers. In 1917 sixteen-year-old Jean McLain is working as a Post Office assistant in England. But when she wins a national Morse code competition, the British army makes a request Jean cannot refuse - to take a secret position as a signaller in France. If Jean can keep the signals flowing between the soldiers at the Front and at headquarters, Britain might possibly win the war. But the British army are determined to hide their desperation - they will go on to burn every document that showed how women and girls were working behind the scenes, in the trenches, and even in battles during World War I. Decades later, an old woman tells the story of 'the telegraph girl': the friends she lost, the man who loved her, and the happiness she so surprisingly found again. Based on true events, this story of adventure, courage and unshakable loyalty restores women and girls to their place in history that the authorities tried to erase.
Main title:
Secret sparrow / Jackie French.
Author:
French, Jackie, 1953-, author
Work:
Imprint:
Gadigal Country ; Sydney, NSW : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.©2023.
Collation:
244 pages ; 20 cm.
Audience:
Interest age level: 9-12 years old.
ISBN:
9781460760468
Dewey class:
A823.3
Language:
English
Subject:
Great Britain. Army -- Women -- Young adult fictionFriendship -- Young adult fictionInterpersonal relations -- Young adult fictionSignals and signaling -- Young adult fictionTelegraphers -- Young adult fictionWomen -- Social conditions -- Young adult fictionWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Young adult fictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain -- Young adult fictionAustralian fictionChildren's fictionHistorical fictionWar fictionYoung adult fiction
BRN:
158985