ZOOMERS
Charlie’s high-tech Zoomers are based on real prosthetic ‘blades’ used by athletes.
MEXICO AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME CARTELS
A number of heavily armed criminal cartels do exist in Mexico, and they carry out the sort of crimes described in this book including murders, kidnapping, extortion and drug running. Whole towns and suburbs of major cities in Mexico have come under cartel control.
In the mid-2000s the Mexican Government reformed the Mexican Federal Police and deployed its army, navy and air force in an effort to wipe out the cartels and battle corruption within the police force. In this way the government has been successful in capturing and imprisoning a number of cartel leaders and driving cartels from some areas after major gun battles. But the struggle against the cartels continues.
The cartel names Àrbol and Estrella have been invented by the author, but the real cartels have similar names. The breakout of cartel members from Apodaca Prison in Nuevo León referred to in this book actually occurred in 2012.
THE UNITED NATIONS (UN)
The United Nations was founded in 1945 and its headquarters is situated in New York City, USA. To date it has 193 member states, including Australia, which fund its worldwide humanitarian and peacekeeping operations. The secretary-general, who is elected by its members, is the organisation’s most senior officer.
Member states provide the UN’s peacekeeping forces. UN humanitarian agencies include the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Court of Justice (ICJ or World Court), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Australia is currently a member of the UN Security Council, a body tasked with maintaining international peace and security.
About the Author
Stephen DandoCollins is the award-winning author of more than thirty books, many of which have been translated into numerous languages. Most of Stephen’s books are about military history and include subjects such as ancient Rome, the American West, colonial Australia, the First World War and the Second World War. Pasteur’s Gambit was shortlisted for the science prize in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards and won the Queensland Premier’s Science Award. Crack Hardy, his most personal history, received wide acclaim. He has also written several titles for children and teenagers, including Chance in a Million, the Caesar the War Dog series and Tank Boys. Stephen and his wife, Louise, live and write in a former nunnery in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley.
For more on other books by Stephen DandoCollins, including books about Australian, American, British and ancient Roman and Greek military history, go to www.stephendandocollins.com
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Author: DandoCollins, Stephen, 1950–
Title: Caesar the war dog: operation green parrot/Stephen DandoCollins
ISBN: 978 0 85798 472 2 (ebook)
Series: Caesar the war dog; 4
Target audience: For primary school age.
Subjects: Dogs – Juvenile fiction.
Detector dogs – Juvenile fiction.
Kidnapping – Juvenile fiction.
Dewey number: A823.3
Cover photographs: dog © Ruth O’Leary/ruthlessphotos.com; background © JeniFoto/Shutterstock; Apache helicopters © vadimmmus/Shutterstock
Cover design by Astred Hicks, designcherry
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