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INSPIRATION

ABOUT THE
FORGOTTEN PEARL
The forgotten pearl is the key
to entering an exhilarating
wartime adventure.
When Chloe visits her
grandmother, she learns how
close World War II came to
destroying her family. Could the
experiences of another time help
Chloe to face her own problems?
In 1941, Poppy lives in Darwin, a peaceful paradise
far from the war. But when Japan attacks Pearl
Harbor, then Australia, everything Poppy holds dear is
threatened – her family, her neighbours, her friends and
her beloved pets. Her brother Edward is taken prisonerof-war. Her home town becomes a war zone, as the
Japanese raid over and over again.
Terrified for their lives, Poppy and her mother flee
to Sydney, only to find that the danger follows them
there. Poppy must face her war with courage and
determination. Will her world ever be the same again?

Belinda’s sons Lachlan and Nick at one of Darwin’s WWII cannons.

FURTHER READING
Some of the books that Belinda found
invaluable were:
Australia’s Pearl Harbor, Darwin 1942
by Douglas Lockwood
Singapore and Beyond by Don Wall
Olive Weston: The heroic life of a World
War II nurse by Peter Fenton
No Place for a Woman, the
Autobiography of Mayse Young
Heroic Australian Women in War:
Astonishing tales of bravery from
Gallipoli to Kokoda
by Susannah De Vries
A journal Belinda referred to for research.

An Awkward Truth by Peter Grose

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