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Milk Bar Warriors
Paperback Edition: 1
Set in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, Brent Leslie's Milk Bar Warriors tells of Auckland schoolboy, Bruce, who does a good deed for an American serviceman barely older than himself, one of the thousands of soldiers here training in New Zealand
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As a result of his quick thinking and even quicker biking, Bruce becomes friends with a group of American GIs: Rick, Walter, and Edwin. Nicknamed Flash by his new friends, Bruce chauffeurs the GIs about Auckland in their petrol guzzling Studebaker. Its a great adventure for the young New Zealander, taking his mind off his dad whos away at the war, and from his schoolboy responsibilities at the ARP (Air Raid Precaution Unit).
Besides, the American glamour boys arent affected by the rationing imposed on Kiwi civilians, and Bruces new friends always seem to have plenty of money in their pockets and a pretty girl on their arm. But racial tensions are high and as his friends prepare to depart for battlefronts in the Pacific, Bruce sees first-hand the ugly consequences of intolerance and fear.
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Pages : 202
Publisher : Brent Leslie Books
Publication date : 2016-03
Subjects: Fiction, Children's & Young Adult, NZ Children's / Young Adult, NZ General Fiction (Children's / Young Adult), NZ Historical Fiction (Children's / Young Adult)