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- Author: Angela Toniolo
- Publisher: Wombat Books
- ISBN-10: 1761111930
- ISBN-13: 9781761111938
- Format: 21.1 x 29 x 1 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English
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Mavis is a feisty
ten-year-old who lives in rural Australia with her mum, dad and sister, Doreen. It's World War Two,
and Darwin is bombed. Life as she knows it changes.
Her dad and Uncle
John dig a trench in the backyard, and school lessons are replaced with air
Mavis is keen to
help the war effort at home, and an opportunity arises when a soldier comes
volunteers. Too young to help on her own, she convinces her older sister, Doreen, to join her
in plane spotting.
Every Saturday, they
climb the stairs of the town clock tower, armed with binoculars and
to record the times and direction of aircraft. Planes come and go, but they are local
friendlies.
One Saturday, Mavis
must work alone. She is nervous but determined to carry out her duty
at home. When an enemy plane
comes into view, she is more excited than frightened! She rings it in and becomes a hero.
That is until it's
revealed the aircraft is a captured enemy plane that she just happened to see
force was testing it.
Mavis feels
deflated, but her spirits are boosted when Mum makes dessert in her honour and
the trench.
Mavis never sees
another enemy plane, but after the war when she hears a rumble come over
her eyes still search the skies.
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- Author: Angela Toniolo
- Publisher: Wombat Books
- ISBN-10: 1761111930
- ISBN-13: 9781761111938
- Format: 21.1 x 29 x 1 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English English
Mavis is a feisty
ten-year-old who lives in rural Australia with her mum, dad and sister, Doreen. It's World War Two,
and Darwin is bombed. Life as she knows it changes.
Her dad and Uncle
John dig a trench in the backyard, and school lessons are replaced with air
Mavis is keen to
help the war effort at home, and an opportunity arises when a soldier comes
volunteers. Too young to help on her own, she convinces her older sister, Doreen, to join her
in plane spotting.
Every Saturday, they
climb the stairs of the town clock tower, armed with binoculars and
to record the times and direction of aircraft. Planes come and go, but they are local
friendlies.
One Saturday, Mavis
must work alone. She is nervous but determined to carry out her duty
at home. When an enemy plane
comes into view, she is more excited than frightened! She rings it in and becomes a hero.
That is until it's
revealed the aircraft is a captured enemy plane that she just happened to see
force was testing it.
Mavis feels
deflated, but her spirits are boosted when Mum makes dessert in her honour and
the trench.
Mavis never sees
another enemy plane, but after the war when she hears a rumble come over
her eyes still search the skies.
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