| ISBN |
9781925360608 hardback |
| Name |
Bin Salleh, Rachel author. |
| Title |
Alfred's war / Rachel Bin Salleh ; illustrated by Samantha Fry. |
| Published |
Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2018. |
| ©2018 |
| Description |
34 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Notes |
Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. |
| Illustrations on endpapers. |
| Summary |
Alfred's War is a powerful story that unmasks the lack of recognition given to Australian Indigenous servicemen who returned from the WWI battlelines. Alfred was just a young man when he was injured and shipped home from France. Neither honoured as a returned soldier or offered government support afforded to non-Indigenous servicemen, Alfred took up a solitary life walking the back roads - billy tied to his swag, finding work where he could. |
| Target audience note |
For primary school age. |
| Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6. |
| Awards note |
Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, 2020 ; Shortlisted, Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year, 2018. |
| Subjects |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Aboriginal Australian soldiers -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories -- Pictorial works |
| Australian fiction |
| Australia -- Armed Forces -- Aboriginal Australians -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Genre |
Picture books |
| Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6 |
| First Nations |
| Other Names |
Fry, Samantha illustrator. |
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