Our Enemy, My Friend
by Jenny Blackman (Author)
Our Enemy, My Friend: The Diary of Emma Shelldrake, Adelaide Hills, 1915
It's 1915 in the Adelaide Hills, and young Australian men are dying far from home. To the boys from Wirreebilla fighting in the trenches of Europe, their home village seems a haven of peace. But is it really so peaceful? Wirreebilla families are angry about the loss of their sons, and they are turning their anger on their neighbours. Third-generation German settlers are being treated with increasing hostility, and the community is dividing as old friends become the new enemy.
It's 1915 in the Adelaide Hills, and young Australian men are dying far from home. To the boys from Wirreebilla fighting in the trenches of Europe, their home village seems a haven of peace. But is it really so peaceful? Wirreebilla families are angry about the loss of their sons, and they are turning their anger on their neighbours. Third-generation German settlers are being treated with increasing hostility, and the community is dividing as old friends become the new enemy.
My Australian Story Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: My Australian StoryReading level: 9+
Books in series: 34
Read in order? No
Next release: Finished
Tags: adventure historical culture realistic fiction
Print series book list
Books in series order
1. A Banner Bold (2000)2. Secrets and Sisterhood (A Tale of Two Families) (2000)
3. Plagues and Federation (2000)
4. Surviving Sydney Cove (2000)
5. The Deadly Flu (A Different Sort of Real) (2001)
6. The Rum Rebellion (2001)
7. The Yankee Whaler (2001)
8. Who Am I? (2001)
9. Voyage to Botany Bay (On Board the Boussole) (2002)
10. The Bombing of Darwin (2002)
11. Fords and Flying Machines (2003)
12. Snowy (2003)
13. Riding with Thunderbolt (2004)
14. Our Don Bradman (2004)
15. A Marathon of Her Own (2004)
16. Our Enemy, My Friend (2005)
17. New Gold Mountain (2005)
18. Outback (2005)
19. Cyclone Tracy (2006)
20. Refugee (2006)
21. The Melting Pot (2007)
22. Archer's Melbourne Cup (2007)
23. Snatched by Pirates (Claw of the Dragon) (2008)
24. Atomic Testing (2009)
25. The Hunt for Ned Kelly (2010)
26. The Phar Lap Mystery (2010)
27. My Father's War (2011)
28. Sydney Harbour Bridge (2012)
29. Heroes of Tobruk (2012)
30. Escape from Cockatoo Island (2013)
31. Gallipoli (2013)
32. Fremantle Prison Break (2013)
33. Kokoda (2014)
34. Convict Girl (2014)