The reading guide published by Penguin Random House outlines the book and provides a detailed list of questions for reading groups, as well as a list of suggested reading.
These audio accounts by Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, Stan Arneil and Doctor Rowley Richards recall Japanese treatment of POWs, appear on the Australian Government Department of Veteran Affairs ANZAC portal.
This article published on ABC News is a reflection by Milton 'Snow' Fairclough 70 years after he was freed from a Japanese POW camp. He looks back on his harrowing experience in the jungle in World War II.
This website by Reading Australia provides a five week unit. A number of the initial activities do not require students to have completed the novel. Additionally, there are many activities that can be conducted in isolation.
