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Angels of Kokoda
Author: David Mulligan
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Retail Price: | $17.95 |
Betabooks Price | $14.36 |
ISBN: 9780734408495
Format: Paperback
Published: March 2006
Published By: Lothian Books
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Published: March 2006
Published By: Lothian Books
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Product Description
Angels of Kokoda is a riveting novel based on Australian battles along the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea during World War II. The story centres on the intertwined lives of Derek, the son of Australian missionaries at the Gona Mission, and his 'blood-brother' Morso, a native Papuan boy of the same age.When all women and children are ordered back to Australia, Derek and Morso disappear into the jungle. At the same time that the Japanese land at Gona, the two boys and Derek's father become part of the small band of Diggers who save Australia from Japanese invasion.