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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
Available from offsite location
- 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.
- 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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