ISBN: 1559702427
ISBN13: 9781559702423
War Game
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ISBN13: 9781559702423
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A readable copy with all pages intact.
Book Overview
A special lavishly-illustrated edition of Michael Foreman's classic children's book about the First World war and the legendary Christmas Day cease-fire football match in no-mans-land.
"A masterpiece" - The Times Literary Supplement
"The work of a major children's author at his peak" - The Daily Telegraph
"An unforgettable experience" - The Guardian
It's 1914 when everything changes for a group of boys growing up and playing football in the Suffolk countryside. Far away, in a place called Sarajevo, an Archduke has been killed and a web of global events results in a call for all British men to do their duty 'for King and Country' and join the army to fight the Germans overseas. The boys sign up for what sounds like an adventure and a chance to see the world. After basic training the lads sail to France where they find themselves fighting on the front line. Living in the trenches in constant fear for their lives is nothing like they expected and only a bombed-out wasteland, no-man's-land, separates their trenches from those of their German enemies. Then, on Christmas Day, something remarkable happens as the German and British armies stop fighting and meet in the middle of no-man's-land. The enemies talk, play football and become friends. But the war isn't over, the two sides resume fighting and the group of Suffolk lads are ordered to charge across no-man's-land...
From the author of War Boy, After the War Was Over, Farm Boy and Billy the Kid and the illustrator of the upcoming Platinum Jubilee picture book There Once Is a Queen.
Contains a special new introduction from Michael Foreman, additional new illustrations and 4 pages of extra background material on the Christmas Day in the trenches and football during the war.
- Format:
- Hardcover
- Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- 1559702427
- ISBN13:
- 9781559702423
- Publisher:
- Arcade Publishing
- Length:
- 68 Pages
- Weight:
- 1.09 lbs.
- Dimensions:
- 0.5″ × 10.5″ × 7.9″
- Age Range:
- 8 to 12 years
- Grade Range:
- Grades 3 to 7
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Customer Reviews
homeschooling history
This is an excellent book that stirs the emotions. The pictures are beautiful watercolors . Though it is important to learn the facts of WW I, this book will create an impression that will not be forgotten, which is even more important than memorizing facts. I borrow most of our books, but this is one book that I would recommend buying.
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Teacher's Dream
This is a rare book for anyone who loves to teach and learn about history. Michael Foreman has taken a remarkable event (i.e. The Christmas Day Truce of WWI)and created a timeless tale. His book is packed with wonderful illustrations, and contains many facts about the Great War. Foreman has also woven primary documents from the time period throughout the book; most of which are in the form of propaganda posters. Overall, this book comes highly recommended, and it will be a shame if it is not re-printed soon!
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One of the best World War 1 stories for young readers.
Michael Foreman writes as beautifully as he draws. This is an evocative story of a Christmas truce during WW1 in which German and British soldiers become friends, singing carols and playing soccer together, learning to see one another as friends and fellow human beings. When the truce ends, each side deliberately fires over the heads of the other, unable to kill men they now regard as comrades. The German command learns of the game...War Game is a classic war story and should be in print.
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War Game is a realistic picture of the horror of war.
This story is included in our sixth grade anthology. The students love this story. I am sorry that the book is out of print.
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Realities of War
War Game was read to 6th grade students studying World War I. The author's excellent story line as well as superb illustrations dramatically told WWI thru a young man's eyes. Mr. Foreman captured our students attention at the beginning of the short story with the excitement and adventure of war. Closing the story with the realities of war, the classroom fell silent as the students grasped war's ultimate end -- the death of people they had come to "know". A very powerful life-lesson for all of us.
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