Phyllis Johnston once again uses her successful formula of putting a feisty young girl into a period of New Zealand history, this time 1943 the middle of World War 2, an tells of what it was like to live through this period of time.Helen or Lenny as she is known, lives on a North Island dairy farm and has a horse called Ginger who she rides to school everyday. She has a brother who returns home from fighting Rommell in the desert, a sister who falls for an American Serviceman in New Zealand and a mother and father who love her dearly. But there is a family secret that Lenny has to contend with along with some grief and some joy.
This novel is very good for comparative lifestyles of yesterday's girls compared to today and of course a portrait of New Zealand when everybody believed the Japanese were just over the horizon ready to invade.
A very enjoyable story aimed at intermediate and junior secondary students.
Reviewed by Bob
A resource kit for this book can be found on the Longacre website
Published by Longacre (2009)
1 comments:
well i found it borring nothing much happend but its hummor was so funny that i had to added to pette space on rove.
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