Best Mates (Paperback)

Phillipa Werry

ISBN 10: 1869664116 / ISBN 13: 9781869664114

Published by Upstart Press Ltd, Birkenhead, 2014

About this Item

Paperback. The three young soldiers in the story are best friends from school, and they leave New Zealand together to go and fight at Gallipoli. Landing first in Egypt, they travel by ship to Anzac Cove and dig into trenches to fight the Turkish troops holding the peninsula. Conditions are tough and Joe gets sick, but his mates help him off on the hospital ship. Then Harry is fatally wounded and his burial has to take place on the cliff-top, away from the snipers. The three friends are reunited many years later, when two men fly to Gallipoli and lay poppies on Harry's grave. Taking her inspiration from Anzac Day, the New Zealand story Philippa Werry captures the essence of the Anzac spirit with her moving tale about mateship. The illustrated factual text on pages 30-31 spread provides extra information about the events pictured in the story. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Best Mates (Paperback)
• Publisher: Upstart Press Ltd, Birkenhead
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1869664116
• ISBN 13: 9781869664114
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Kerr, Bob
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The three young soldiers in the story are best friends from school, and they leave New Zealand together to go and fight at Gallipoli. Taking her inspiration from Anzac Day, the New Zealand story Philippa Werry captures the essence of the Anzac spirit with her moving tale about mateship.

About the Author

Philippa Werry is a children's writer and author of Anzac Day, the New Zealand story. Philippa has written extensively for the School Journal and Connected. She lives in Wellington and participates in the Book Council Writers in Schools programme. Bob Kerr is a painter and award-winning illustrator, known for his depiction of Terry and the Gunrunners in the 1970s series written by Stephen Ballantyne. Bob lives in Wellington and works from a studio in Cuba Street where young soldiers were photographed before they left to go to war.