War Game Award-winning by Michael Foreman (author)

Four friends from rural Suffolk join up to fight in the First World War. Their enthusiasm quickly dampens as they are faced by two enemies – the German soldiers and the appalling conditions at the Front. But one Christmas Day, an extraordinary thing happens. One by one, soldiers from both sides cautiously emerge from their trenches. For a few hours, they put aside the war that has made them enemies to play a historic game of football in No Man’s Land. Michael Foreman recalls the heroism of the young soldiers and the spirit of sympathy that grew up between them in this powerfully affecting Grand Prix winner of the Smarties Prize, which includes the author’s own wonderful line illustrations.

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781843650898

Publisher

Pavilion Children's Books

Date published

October 23rd, 2006

Lexile measure

920L

Condition

New

Reviews

Roger Sun
on 22 August 2014

REVIEW ON WAR GAME

this book was really sad :-( because he died.

What kids think

Mohsen1010
on 9 March 2014

A beautiful and moving story set in the trenches of WW1 with extraordinary watercolour illustrations.
Book-Club-Review-Team
on 23 October 2012

This book was excitng and would be good for people who are interested in history.

Jude, aged 8

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War Game Award-winning by Michael Foreman (author)