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=Books by Anthony Hill=


 * [[image:Soldier_Boy_small.jpg]] || =Soldier Boy=

This is the story of 14 year old James Martin (Jim), who at the age of 14 was so emphatic that he wanted to fight in World War 1, that he told his parents that if they didn't give their permission, then he would go away and they would never see him again. On 28th June, 1915, he sailed out of Melbourne and would arrive in Gallipoli.

He just one of many very young boys who joined up to fight in the war before they were legally able to. He thought it would be an adventure, but just 4 months after sailing, he was dead.

This is Jim's story, and that of his family left behind in Australia. ||
 * [[image:Digger_penguin.jpg width="216" height="330"]] || =Young Digger=

On Christmas Day in Germany 1918, a young orphan boy wandered in to an Australian airmen's mess. He became a mascot for this squadron, and was eventually smuggled back to Australia by a young man who felt that this young boy deserved to be able to start a new life, in a new country, with a real family. ||
 * [[image:Animals_small.jpg]] || =Animal Heroes=

Have you ever thought of the role animals have played in different wars?

Take a look at this book and you'll find that all sorts of animals have helped in lots of ways in the wars. You probably know about Simpson and his donkey, where the donkey carried many wounded soldiers to safety, but did you know that pigeons carried coded messages, and that dolphins could tell where mines were in the water? ||

More about Anthony Hill can be found at his website. @http://www.anthonyhillbooks.com/home.html

You will get a preview of his new book, coming out in August 2012, called //The story of Billy Young, a teenager in Changi, Sandakan and Outram Road//.

Here's a picture drawn by one of the prisoners there at the time.

(Image from Anthony Hill's website at @http://www.anthonyhillbooks.com/billypromo.html)