'Bessie’s War takes a look at the part women on the home front played in World War 1. Bessie is frustrated because her brothers and father are off fighting the war and she is stuck at home feeling like she can offer no help. When she discovers that the soldiers need socks she enlists the help of her whole class to knit socks for the war.' (Publication Summary)
'Bessie is upset. Her father, big brother and uncle were all fighting in the war in Europe. Her mother worked in a factory making slouch hats for the soldiers. Even Maud next door was helping, as a nurse tending to wounded soldiers. everyone is doing something to help, but everyone thinks thirteen year-old Bessie is too young, And what can she do back home in Australia?' (Introduction)
'Bessie is upset. Her father, big brother and uncle were all fighting in the war in Europe. Her mother worked in a factory making slouch hats for the soldiers. Even Maud next door was helping, as a nurse tending to wounded soldiers. everyone is doing something to help, but everyone thinks thirteen year-old Bessie is too young, And what can she do back home in Australia?' (Introduction)
