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Product Identifiers

PublisherPavilion Books

ISBN-101843651785

ISBN-139781843651789

eBay Product ID (ePID)175727239

Product Key Features

Edition100

Book TitleWar Game (Special 100th Anniversary of WW1 Ed.)

Number of Pages72 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, People & Places / Europe, Historical / Military & Wars

Publication Year2014

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Non-Classifiable

AuthorMichael Foreman

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight24.3 Oz

Item Length11.6 in

Item Width8.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

Reviews"Crammed with concrete details and permeated with emotion. . . . Artwork shimmers with the luster of memory and fellow-feeling; a gentle gleam rises even from military hardware, which serves to both soften and highlight the horror of war. History springs to life in this admirable work." --Publishers Weekly, "Crammed with concrete details and permeated with emotion. . . . Artwork shimmers with the luster of memory and fellow-feeling; a gentle gleam rises even from military hardware, which serves to both soften and highlight the horror of war. History springs to life in this admirable work." -Publishers Weekly

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromSecond Grade

Dewey Decimal823.914

Grade ToFourth Grade

SynopsisThe classic children's book about the First World war and the legendary Christmas Day cease-fire football match in no-mans-land.A special lavish new edition of a modern classic - winner of the Smarties Grand PrizeContains a special new introduction from Michael Foreman, additional new illustrations and 4 pages of extra background material on the Christmas Day in the trenches and football during the war.A heartfelt and informative story that takes the reader into the trenches., A special lavishly-illustrated edition of Michael Foreman's classic children's book about the First World war and the legendary Christmas Day cease-fire football match in no-mans-land., A special lavishly-illustrated edition of Michael Foreman's classic children's book about the First World war and the legendary Christmas Day cease-fire football match in no-mans-land. "A masterpiece" - The Times Literary Supplement "The work of a major children's author at his peak" - The Daily Telegraph "An unforgettable experience" - The Guardian It's 1914 when everything changes for a group of boys growing up and playing football in the Suffolk countryside. Far away, in a place called Sarajevo, an Archduke has been killed and a web of global events results in a call for all British men to do their duty 'for King and Country' and join the army to fight the Germans overseas. The boys sign up for what sounds like an adventure and a chance to see the world. After basic training the lads sail to France where they find themselves fighting on the front line. Living in the trenches in constant fear for their lives is nothing like they expected and only a bombed-out wasteland, no-man's-land, separates their trenches from those of their German enemies. Then, on Christmas Day, something remarkable happens as the German and British armies stop fighting and meet in the middle of no-man's-land. The enemies talk, play football and become friends. But the war isn't over, the two sides resume fighting and the group of Suffolk lads are ordered to charge across no-man's-land... From the author of War Boy, After the War Was Over, Farm Boy and Billy the Kid and the illustrator of the upcoming Platinum Jubilee picture book There Once Is a Queen. Contains a special new introduction from Michael Foreman, additional new illustrations and 4 pages of extra background material on the Christmas Day in the trenches and football during the war.