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The Great War : stories inspired by items from the First World War / David Almond [and 10 others] ; illustrated by Jim Kay.

Stories inspired by items from the First World War (other title)
Kay, Jim (Illustrator) (Added Author). Morpurgo, Michael, (author.). Kennedy, A. L., (author.). Sedgwick, Marcus, 1968-2022 (author.). Boyne, John, 1971- (author.). Chevalier, Tracy, (author.). Almond, David, 1951- (author.). Stone, Tanya Lee, (author.). Geras, Adèle, (author.). Fombelle, Timothée de, 1973- (author.). Wilkinson, Sheena Maria, (author.). Dubosarsky, Ursula, 1961- (author.).

Summary:

Writers of this collection of short stories were inspired to write about the First World War by physical objects associated with the war.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780763675547
  • ISBN: 0763675547
  • Physical Description: 289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: London : Walker Books, 2014.
Formatted Contents Note:
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).
Target Audience Note:
820L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 8 173712.

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Subject:
World War, 1914-1918 > Fiction.
War > Fiction.
Short stories > Juvenile literature.
Historical fiction, English.
Children's stories, English.
Genre:
War fiction.
Short stories.
Young adult fiction.

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