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

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

Kay, Jim (Illustrator) (Added Author). Morpurgo, Michael, (author.). Kennedy, A. L., (author.). Sedgwick, Marcus, (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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780763675547 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0763675547 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: print
    289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.

Contents / Notes

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).

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