Seventeen-year-old Jack left his boyhood home in England for Australia in search of adventure. When England declared war on Germany, he en listed, trained as a stretcher bearer in Egypt, and took part in the British in vasion of Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula. In the twenty-four days before he was killed, Jack carried more than three hundred wounded men off the battlefield on the back of a donkey. The text of this true story of heroism is simple and clear; the color and detail of the gouache illustrations, executed in Lessac’s signature primitive style, add depth to the story. 2009 USBBY Outstanding International Books, 2009 Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Eve Pownall Honour Book. ca

Originally published as Simpson and His Donkey by Walker Books Australia, in 2008.