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Title: Soldier, A Dog & a Boy
Author: HATHORN LIBBY
Illustrator: LESNIE PHIL (ILL)
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 22/03/2016
Imprint: LOTHIAN
Price: $25.00
Publishing status: Active
A moving story, told completely in dialogue, about a young Australian soldier in the battle of the Somme. Walking through the fields away from the front, he finds what he thinks is a stray dog, and decides to adopt it as a mascot for his company. Then he meets Jacques, the homeless orphan boy who owns the dog. The soldier realises that Jacques needs the dog more – and perhaps needs his help as well. With stunning illustrations from Phil Lesnie, this is a deeply moving celebration of friendship in times of war. A SOLDIER, A DOG AND A BOY was inspired by Libby Hathorn’s months of research on her uncle, who survived Gallipoli but went on to fight at the Battle of the Somme and was killed there in 1917 at just twenty years old.
The judges also praised A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy for engaging subtly, but powerfully, with a topic thats inherently anti-war: the impact of conflict on war-orphaned children. This is an exemplar of how children can be introduced to difficult histories in a manner that is both accessible and thoughtful, said the judges.
ISBN: 9780734416377
Pages: 32