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In contrast to the senselessness and inhumanity of war, this is the story of a young homesick soldier who, on Christmas Day, risks his life to cross no-man's land and rescue a robin caught on the barbed wire on one of the worst killing fields of World War 1.

Illustrated by Brian Harrison-Lever. An eloquent counterpoint to the senselessness and inhumanity of war, this is the story of a young, homesick soldier who, on Christmas day, risks his life to cross no-man's land and rescue a robin caught on the barbed wire on one of the worst... Read Full Overview

Early on Christmas morning the guns stop firing. A deathly silence creeps over the pitted and ruined landscape. A young soldier peers through a periscope over the top of the trench. Way out in no-man's-land, he sees a small red shape moving on the barbed wire. A brightly coloured... Read Full Overview