1942. The world is at war. Sixteen-year-old Hilly is desperate to do something useful to help the war effort, to help the boys on the front lines. So when she sees the poster recruiting for the Australian Women’s Land Army, she jumps at the chance to make a difference.

Travelling to farms across Queensland, Hilly encounters backbreaking work, adversity and romance, and may find she’s capable of more than she thought possible. She is one of those girls with grit.