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{{Book
|title=Papa's Island
|author=Melanie Drewery, Illustrated by	Fifi Colston
|year=2006
|publisher=Reed
|ISBN=1869485947
|language=English
|format=paperback
|topic=Somes Island, WWII, Italian prisoners of war, 
|period=WWII
|image=content.jpg
|geo=Somes Island, Wellington Harbour
|link=https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=Ss8xAgAACAAJ&dq=papa%27s+island&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh4LX2xITpAhX54nMBHT6GA_0Q6AEIKDAA
}}

This story is based on real events that took place in New Zealand during World War Two. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matiu_/_Somes_Island Somes Island] in Wellington Harbour was used as a prison camp for enemy aliens, mostly Germans and Italians. Often these men were arrested with no warning and some were held unfairly. Their families did not always speak good English and many were confused about why their husbands and fathers were being taken. This children's book tells the story of one Italian family.


More info about the internment of Italian men on Somes Island can be found here: <br>
[[La presenza italiana in Nuova Zelanda (1875-1950)]]<br>
[[The Italian Community]]<br>
[[Casa, Paul, 1903-2001 : Papers relating to his internment on Somes Island]]<br>
[[Prisoners of War]]<br>
[[Memorial to Italian Internees on Somes/Matiu Island in WWII]]<br>
[[Somes Island : the end of the world for Italians]]