The Great War : : Stories Inspired by Items From the First World War

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Call Number: Y 940.3 Gr
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	Y 940.3 Gr	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Originally published: London : Walker Books, 2014.
Our Jacko / Michael Morpurgo (Brodie helmet) -- Another kind of missing / A.L. Kennedy (Compass) -- Don't call it glory / Marcus Sedwick (Nose of a Zeppelin bomb) -- The country you called home / John Boyne (Recruitment poster) -- When they were needed most / Tracy Chevalier (Princess Mary's Gift Fund box) -- A world that has no war in it / David Almond (Soldier's writing case) -- A Harlem Hellfighter and his horn / Tanya Lee Stone (Sheet music) -- Maud's story / Adèle Geras (War-time butter dish) -- Captain Rosalie / Timothée de Fombelle (Victoria Cross) -- Each slow dusk / Sheena Wilkinson (School magazines) -- Little wars / Ursula Dubosarsky (French toy soldier).
Writers of this collection of short stories were inspired to write about the First World War by physical objects associated with the war.

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A Unique Take on the War submitted by evelyn on July 28, 2015, 8:17am Featuring the work of multiple authors, the short stories in this book each stem from an object recovered from World War I, be it a helmet, a toy solider, or a compass. This is a great book for children and adults to enjoy together.