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In the Lamplight

by Dianne Wolfer and Brian Simmons
Hardback
Publication Date: 02/04/2018

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Featuring the evocative charcoals of Brian Simmonds and a collection of archival photographs and other materials, this is a book to treasure.

If you loved the award-winning Lighthouse Girl and Light Horse Boy, you will also love In the Lamplight, with its combination of evocative charcoal drawings, archival materials and Australian history.

Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, In the Lamplight is the story of Rose, a young English girl turned nurse who cares for and falls in love with Jim, the Light Horse Boy.

On the long journey back to Australia they experience the appalling loss of life in the Spanish influenza epidemic, only to face more challenges upon repatriation.

ISBN:
9781925591224
9781925591224
Category:
Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
02-04-2018
Publisher:
Fremantle Press
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
120
Dimensions (mm):
226x181x17mm
Weight:
0.55kg
Dianne Wolfer

Dianne Wolfer is the author of more than 15 books for teenagers and young readers. Light Horse Boy was a Children’s Book Council of Australia Honour Book and won the 2014 Western Australian Premier’s Book Award for Children’s Books. Granny Grommet and Me, inspired by surfing grandmas, was also on the CBCA shortlist.

Lighthouse Girl, winner of a West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award, explores the story of Fay Howe, the Albany lighthouse keeper’s daughter who signalled to soldiers in 1914.

It inspired the hugely popular Royal de Luxe performance of The Giants at Perth Festival (2015). The Shark Caller is a CBCA Notable Book and is shortlisted for the WAYBRA children’s choice awards.

Brian Simmons

Brian Simmonds has a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from Curtin University. He has exhibited his work many times and won numerous prizes for drawing, oil painting and mixed media works.

His work can be found in many private and public collections in Australia. His books include The River and Rottnest Island.

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