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Tank Boys

Published by Random House Australia 2014

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First published by Random House Australia in 2014

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Cataloguing-in-Publication Entry

Author: Dando-Collins, Stephen, 1950–

Title: Tank Boys/Stephen Dando-Collins

ISBN: 9780857981448 (ebook)

Target Audience: For primary school age.

Subjects: Child soldiers – Juvenile fiction.

World War, 1914–1918 – Tank warfare – Juvenile fiction.

World War, 1914–1918 – Campaigns – France – Juvenile fiction.

Dewey number: A823.3

Cover illustration and design by Astred Hicks, designcherry.com

Typesetting and eBook production by Midland Typesetters, Australia