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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.

LIBRA PZ5 .G74 2015
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
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.
Contributor:
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Kay, Jim (Illustrator), illustrator.
Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
World War, 1914-1918--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1914-1918.
Historical fiction, English.
Children's stories, English.
War stories.
Short stories.
World War, 1914-1918--Fiction.
War--Fiction.
World War (1914-1918).
Local Subjects:
Historical fiction, English.
World War, 1914-1918--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories, English.
Genre:
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Physical Description:
289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Other Title:
Stories inspired by items from the First World War
Place of Publication:
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.
Summary:
Writers of this collection of short stories were inspired to write about the First World War by physical objects associated with the war.
Contents:
Our Jacko / Michael Morpurgo (Brodie helmet)
Another kind of missing / A.L. Kennedy (Compass)
Don't call it glory / Marcus Sedgwick (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).
Notes:
Originally published: London : Walker Books, 2014.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
ISBN:
9780763675547
0763675547
OCLC:
884479995
Publisher Number:
99990724613

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