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Author Wilson, Mark, 1949- author, illustrator

Title The Afghanistan pup / Mark Wilson
Published Sydney, N.S.W. : Hachette Australia, 2014
©2014

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB CRC  958.1047 Wil/Apu  AVAILABLE
 MELB CRC  958.1047 Wil/Apu  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS CRC  958.1047 Wil/Apu  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS CRC  958.1047 Wil/Apu  AVAILABLE
Description 32 unnumbered pages : colour illustration ; 29 x 27 cm
regular print
Contents A deeply moving story about an abandoned pup in Afghanistan who touches the lives of two very different people -- a girl struggling to get an education in the face of fierce opposition, and an Australian soldier who ultimately gives his life in the service of his country. A companion to My Mother's Eyes, Angel of Kokoda and Vietnam Diary, this story deals with the complexities of the war in Afghanistan in an accessible way, addressing the tragedy of war but ending on a note of hope
Summary A deeply moving story about an abandoned pup in Afghanistan who touches the lives of two very different people - a girl struggling to get an education in the face of fierce opposition, and an Australian soldier who ultimately gives his life in the service of his country. A companion to My Mother's Eyes, Angel of Kokoda and Vietnam Diary, this story deals with the complexities of the war in Afghanistan in an accessible way, addressing the tragedy of war but ending on a note of hope
Analysis Australian fiction
Picture books
Audience For primary school age
Subject Afghan War, 2001- -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories -- Pictorial works.
Children's stories, Australian -- Pictorial works.
Children's stories.
Dogs -- Juvenile fiction.
Death -- Juvenile fiction.
Dogs -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction.
Girls -- Juvenile fiction.
Girls -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction.
Girls -- Afghanistan -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction.
Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction.
Soldiers -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
Soldiers -- Australia -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction.
Dogs -- Fiction.
Girls -- Afghanistan -- Fiction.
Soldiers -- Australia -- Fiction.
SUBJECT Afghanistan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063030 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687
Afghanistan. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063030
Afghanistan -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114093
Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326
Genre/Form Picture books.
Fiction.
Illustrated works.
ISBN 9780734415325