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Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War

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An edition of The Great War (2014)

The Great War

Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War

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by , , , and

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Writers of these short stories were inspired by various physical objects associated with the First World War.

In this collection, writers draw on personal objects to bring the First World War to life. Contributors include David Almond, John Boyne, Tracy Chevalier, Michael Morpurgo, and Marcus Sedgwick. The texts contain descriptions of war violence.

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Walker Books, Ltd
Language
English
Pages
289

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Subjects
World War, 1914-1918, Historical fiction, Soldiers, Juvenile fiction, History, Fiction, Child and youth fiction, Short stories, World war, 1914-1918, fiction, War, fiction
Places
Great Britain
Times
George V, 1910-1936

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The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War
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Great War: Stories Inspired by Objects from the First World War
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The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War
2015, Candlewick Press
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The Great War: stories inspired by objects from the First World War
2014, Walker Books
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Table of Contents

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).

Edition Notes

Originally published: London : Walker Books, 2014.

Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 8 8 173712

Other Titles
Stories inspired by items from the First World War

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ5 .G74 2015

Contributors

Illustrator
Jim Kay

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Pagination
289 pages
Number of pages
289

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27184530M
ISBN 13
9781406360134
LCCN
2013955699
OCLC/WorldCat
884479995

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An anthology of stories inspired by objects from the First World War. It is a collection of stories by bestselling authors, each inspired by a different object from the First World War. Each object illuminates an aspect of life during the war, and each story reminds us of the millions of individual lives that were changed forever by the fighting.

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