
Title
Pearlie’s Ghost Series: Our Australian Girl
Author
Wang, Gabrielle
Illustrator
Masciullo, Lucia
Publisher
Penguin Australia
Published Date
2014
Annotation
The time is 1942 and Darwin is under attack. Pearlie tries to save her pets and help the wounded soldiers while hoping to reunite with her friend Naoko. Naoko has problems of a different kind which involve a ghostly mystery.
Key Concepts
Friendship, History, Refugees, War
Audience
Upper primary
AC Links/EYLF
English, Geography, HASS, History, ACELA1500, ACELA1502, ACELT1608, ACELT1609, ACELT1610, ACELT1612, ACHASSK111, ACHASSK112, ACELA1515, ACELA1518, ACELT1613, ACELT1614, ACHASSK134, ACHASSK135, ACHASSK136, ACHASSK137, ACHASSK138, ACHASSK139, ACHASSK140, ACHASSK141