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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Break of Day
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'On the Kokoda Track, in the damp, disease-filled jungles of Papua New Guinea, Murray Barrett and the rest of the 39th Battalion are the only thing standing between Australia and a Japanese invasion. Everyone thinks they'll be slaughtered, and Murray finds he'll have to fight alongside his worst enemy...Does Murray have the courage to do what he has to do? And what is courage, after all?' - back cover

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has references to Japanese people.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2007 .
      Extent: 209p.
      ISBN: 0143004727, 9780143004721
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Works about this Work

Untitled Mark Knight , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 21 no. 2 2007; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Break of Day Tony Palmer , 2007 single work novel
Untitled Ernie Tucker , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 42 no. 3 2007; (p. 91-92)
— Review of Break of Day Tony Palmer , 2007 single work novel
Untitled Mario La Marca , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 15 no. 1 2007; (p. 34)
— Review of Break of Day Tony Palmer , 2007 single work novel
Untitled Rayma Turton , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 22 no. 1 2007; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Break of Day Tony Palmer , 2007 single work novel
Untitled Mike Shuttleworth , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , April no. 1 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of Break of Day Tony Palmer , 2007 single work novel
Where Nothing is Black and White Angie Schiavone , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 March 2007; (p. 33)
— Review of Love Like Water Meme McDonald , 2007 single work novel ; Break of Day Tony Palmer , 2007 single work novel
Untitled Mike Shuttleworth , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , April no. 1 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of Break of Day Tony Palmer , 2007 single work novel
Untitled Rayma Turton , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 22 no. 1 2007; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Break of Day Tony Palmer , 2007 single work novel
Untitled Mario La Marca , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 15 no. 1 2007; (p. 34)
— Review of Break of Day Tony Palmer , 2007 single work novel
Untitled Ernie Tucker , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 42 no. 3 2007; (p. 91-92)
— Review of Break of Day Tony Palmer , 2007 single work novel
Tony Palmer John Cohen , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 51 no. 1 2007; (p. 8-9)
Meet the Author : Tony Palmer Tony Palmer , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , April no. 1 2007; (p. 4)
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Last amended 3 Jan 2013 09:35:44
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Kokoda Track,
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    Papua New Guinea,
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    Pacific Region,
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
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