TY  - BOOK
AU  - Catran,Ken
TI  - When Empire calls
SN  - 9781869435554 
U1  - NZ823.2 22
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Auckland, N.Z.
PB  - Scholastic
KW  - South African War, 1899-1902
KW  - Children's fiction
KW  - Brothers
KW  - War
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Letters
KW  - Children's stories, New Zealand
KW  - local
N1  - Novel for children
N2  - Its 1899 and James' two brothers (Edward and Lionel) go to fight in the Boer War. Life continues for James, going to school, helping out on the family farm and working for Fred, the local shopkeeper. Edward's letters to James describe the horrors of war, which Fred knows only too well. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary
ER  -