Jack's Island

Norman Jorgensen

• Publisher: Fremantle Press
• Year: 2008
• eBook ISBN: 9781921696275

When war comes to Australia, Jack' s family moves to Rottnest Island while his father helps the military build an airfield. Jack is left to explore his new home with his best friend Banjo … and the pair have a knack for getting in trouble. Trouble that' s exacerbated when their new classmate Dafty seeks revenge against the local schoolmaster for a punishment inflicted on Banjo. Will Dafty' s loyalty lead to things suddenly becoming more serious? Written in short, engaging chapters, this poignant and accessible story for younger readers offers valuable insights into wartime Australia.

Table of contents

• The Ferry Ride
• Up the Hill to Work
• Introducing Mr Palmer
• Introducing Dafty
• The Grenade
• The Grenade and the Army
• Making a Hill Trolley
• Racing the Trolleys
• A Scandal Brewing
• The Dance at the Barracks
• The Fight
• Dafty Crashes the Truck
• Dafty Assaults Mr Palmer
• Banjo and Modern School
• Dafty Gets Taken Away
• Mr Palmer Announces the News
• Mr Paterson Objects to Mod
• Uncle Alf’s Letter
• Mr Palmer Threatens Mr Paterson
• Jack and Banjo Build a Canoe
• Sailing the Canoe
• Dad Thanks the Jansens
• Test-firing the Guns
• The Jap Soldier Living Wild
• Merv Purvis and the Red-back
• The US Commander
• Dafty’s Mum
• The Funeral
• The Cricket Match
• Dad Leaves for the Mainland
• Ghosts
• Patricia Goes Missing
• Mum Thanks Mr Isaacs
• Dad Comes Home
• Little Eric Returns
• Campbell Settles It
• Banjo and the BB Gun
• Banjo’s Letter
• Bess Leaves
• The Barge Fire
• Christmas
• Banjo Leaves
• Return to Perth
• Acknowledgements
• Also by Norman Jorgensen