Real Reads: World War One Pack x 3 Pack

Published by the acclaimed Real Reads series to mark the centenary of World War One, these exciting short retellings of three major wartime novels build reading confidence while giving a gripping insight into the war.

2014 marks the centenary of the start of the Great War, when many readers will be turning their thoughts to the literature of that catastrophic period. These exciting retellings allow younger readers to experience some of the key works of the time: texts which will be high on many young people’s reading lists. This pack includes the complete trio of new retellings: John Buchan’s stirring The Thirty-nine Steps, Erskine Childers’ gripping spy story The Riddle of the Sands, and Erich Remarque’s first-hand account of battle, All Quiet on the Western Front. All are written with clarity and dynamism, and include dramatic colour illustrations. These short books are the ideal way to give younger readers a real sense of achievement while exposing them to the world’s great stories.