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Our Australian Girl: Meet Alice (Book 1)

By Davina Bell
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Our Australian Girl: Meet Alice (Book 1) by Davina Bell is a children's book that introduces readers to Alice, a spirited young girl living in Perth during the early 20th century. As Alice navigates the challenges of her family and friends, she learns about the power of resilience and courage. This engaging story provides a glimpse into life during an exciting time in Australian history.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in exploring Australian history through the eyes of a curious and spirited girl named Alice. It offers young readers an engaging introduction to life in Australia during the early 20th century, blending historical events with personal adventure. If you enjoy stories where historical settings come alive alongside relatable characters, you might find this both educational and entertaining.

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Our Australian Girl: Meet Alice (Book 1)

It's 1918, and it feels to Alice as if the war has been dragging on forever. It's four years since Alice's father went away to be a doctor for the army and when Papa Sir stops writing home, his family sense that something is wrong, and for the first time they contemplate the fact that he might not be coming back.

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It's 1918. Alice lives with her big family by the Swan River in Perth, while on the other side of the world, the Great War rages. Alice's deepest wish is to become a ballerina, and when she auditions for a famous dance teacher from London, it seems as if her dreams might come true. But then there's a terrible accident, and Alice must ask herself whether there are more important things than dancing.

Meet Alice, and join her adventure in the first of four stories about a gifted girl in a time of war.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143306290

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 January 2012

Country: Australia

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 125g

Pages: 144

Collections

Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Davina Bell Penguin Books Young Adult

About the Author

Davina Bell is a writer from Western Australia. She is the author of the award-winning picture book The Underwater Fancy-dress Parade (illustrated by Allison Colpoys), which won the 2016 Australian Book Industry Award for Best Children's Book from a Small Publisher, as well as the Alice books in the best-selling Our Australian Girl series. For six years she was a Senior Editor at Penguin Books in the Young Readers Division, where she worked with some of our country's most beloved children's book creators. Davina lives and works in Melbourne, where she still dreams about the Western Australian beaches while drinking a lot of very good Melbourne coffee.

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