An eagle in the snow
by Michael Morpurgo
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The powerful new novel from the master storyteller - inspired by the true story of one man who might have stopped World War II. 1940. The train is under attacks from German fighters. In the darkness, sheltering in a railway tunnel, the stranger in the carriage with Barney and his mother tells them a story to pass the time. And what a story. The story of a young man, a young soldier in the trenches of World War I who, on the spur of the moment, had done what he thought was the right thing. It turned out to have been the worst mistake he ever could have made - a mistake he must put right before it is too late ...
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Fiction, Soldiers, World War, Storytelling, History, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Children's fiction, World War, 1914-1918, War stories, British, World War, 1939-1945, Military campaigns, Campaigns, Mothers and sons, Reminiscing in old age, Juvenile fiction, Military participation, Historical fiction, British Participation, Railroad travelPlaces
Great Britain, England, Marcoing, FranceTimes
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An eagle in the snow
2017, Feiwel & Friends
in English
- First U.S. edition.
1250105145 9781250105141
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An eagle in the snow
2015, HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, HARPER COLLINS
in English
0008134162 9780008134167
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Could one moment have saved the world from war?
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