The Great Gallipoli Escape by Jackie French

An unforgettable story told through the eyes of a boy who lied about his age to defend his country. He is one of the few trusted with the secret kept from even most of the officers: how an entire army will vanish from the Peninsula over three impeccably planned nights.īased on first-hand accounts of those extraordinary last weeks of the Gallipoli campaign, this is the fascinating 'lost story' of how 150,000 men – and their horses and equipment – were secretly moved to waiting ships without a single life lost. Nipper has played cricket with the Turks in the opposing dugout, dodged rocket fire and rescued desperate and drowning men when the blizzard snow melted. By November 1915 they know that that there is more to winning a war than courage. Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and Wallaby Joe are starving, freezing and ill-equipped. An unforgettable story told through the eyes of a boy who lied about his age to defend his country.Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and famous evacuation of Gallipoli.

Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and Wallaby Joe are starving, freezing and ill-equipped. 6 likes, 2 comments - Lighting that Spark (lightingthatspark) on Instagram: 'The Great Gallipoli Escape is both a heartbreaking and heartwarming historical fiction novel from.' Lighting that Spark on Instagram: 'The Great Gallipoli Escape is both a heartbreaking and heartwarming historical fiction novel from national treasure Jackie French.

Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and famous evacuation of Gallipoli. Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and famous evacuation of Gallipoli.

The Great Gallipoli Escape by Jackie French