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The Great War : stories inspired by items from the First World War Cover Image Book

The Great War : stories inspired by items from the First World War

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: print
    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.

Available copies

  • 12 of 12 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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