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    Fallen at his feet

    Apr 18, 2021 3 minutes

    THIS IS WHERE I STAND, by Philippa Werry and Kieran Rynhart (Scholastic, $28)

    When all is said and done, when even the survivors are dead and gone, the memorials remain. In eloquent prose, Philippa Werry, author of several children’s novels including set in World War I, and an impressive collection of nonfiction titles, recalls a century of dawn parades. From his pedestal, her steadfast bronze soldier, brought to pictorial life by fellow Wellingtonian Kieran Rynhart, has

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