{"product_id":"shakespeare-in-the-orchard-9780734421920","title":"Shakespeare in the Orchard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA coming-of-age story inspired by true events in Australia in World War I that explores the things that separate us and those that bring us together, from an award-winning author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A marvel of wonder and experience' ALICE PUNG\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA coming-of-age story inspired by true events in Australia in World War I that explores the things that separate us and those that bring us together, from an award-winning author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThose friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- William Shakespeare, \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, Act 1 Scene 3\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLangwarrin, Victoria, 1914. \u003c\/b\u003eThe whole world is at war. In Langwarrin on the Mornington Peninsula, fourteen-year-old Jack Thorning is the best marksman in military cadet training. His brother, Matt, taught him everything he knew, after their father died. But now Matt has joined the war effort, and it's up to Jack to hold down the home front and help his mother run the family orchard.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a group of 'enemy aliens' are sent to Langwarrin to be held prisoner at the military base, tensions in the town run high. For Jack and his best friend, Walter, the war feels closer than ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike the rest of the town, Jack and Walter want nothing to do with the German prisoners. But as the war progresses, the inmates at the camp are put to work doing manual labour on the farms around Langwarrin, including Jack's family orchard, and Jack begins to see that the prisoners are people, too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat could Jack possibly have in common with the people responsible for keeping his beloved brother at war? And can Shakespeare bring them all together?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR\u003ci\u003e SHAKESPEARE IN THE ORCHARD:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Danielle Binks brings a small country town to life, during the First World War, and it is a marvel of wonder and experience ... a gripping book about friendship and burgeoning knowledge, never shying away from the realities of conflict, faithfully delivering us the wisdom of the Bard in Langwarrin through a child's eyes'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eALICE PUNG\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A thoughtful, timely novel about a community deeply affected by a distant war, and the ways we find peace in ourselves over conflicting loyalties - it's set in the past but very much a story for today'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKELLY GARDINER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780734421920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 07 Jul 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Hachette Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Sydney, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.8(L)300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 300\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eDanielle Binks is a writer, literary agent, and lecturer in Creative Writing at RMIT University who lives on the Mornington Peninsula.  She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBegin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2018 ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children; the bestselling middle-grade novel \u003ci\u003eThe Year the Maps Changed\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a CBCA Notable Book for Younger Readers 2021, shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2021 and shortlisted for the Readings Children's Book Prize 2021;  the young-adult novel \u003ci\u003eThe Monster of Her Age\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2022 Indie Young Adult Book of the Year; and \u003ci\u003eSix Summers of Tash and Leopold, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a CBCA Notable Book of The Year for Younger Readers 2025.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFind Danielle at: daniellebinks.com\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Danielle Binks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48979756581081,"sku":"9780734421920","price":17.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9780734421920.jpg?v=1784470329","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/shakespeare-in-the-orchard-9780734421920","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}