Those Girls

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Against the backdrop of war, one girl finds her place in the world.

1942. The world is at war. Sixteen-year-old Hilly is desperate to do something useful to the war effort, to help the boys on the front lines. So when she sees the poster recruiting for the Australian Womens Land Army, she jumps at the chance to make a difference. Travelling to farms across Queensland, Hilly encounters backbreaking work, adversity and romance, and may find shes capable of more than she thought possible. She is one of those girls with grit.

Author Bio

Pamela Rushby is the author of over 200 books for children and young adults, as well as children's TV scripts, documentaries, short stories and freelance journalism. Pam has been an advertising copywriter, pre-school teacher, and producer of educational television, audio and multimedia. She has won several awards, including the NSW Premier's Ethel Turner Prize, five CBCA Notable Books and a bag of gold coins at a film festival in Iran! Pam believes the strangest, most riveting, heart-breaking, laugh-out-loud stories aren't fiction. They're real. They come from history. And she loves tripping over unusual incidents from history and then writing about them.