War Game by Michael Foreman

War Game by Michael Foreman

A special lavishly illustrated new edition of Michael Foreman's classic story. 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 boys 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 Platinum Jubilee picture book There Once Is a Queen.

"'An unforgettable experience' The Guardian"

Michael Foreman is one of the world’s best-loved children’s book illustrators. He has written and illustrated a vast range of books and has collaborated with many leading children’s authors including Michael Morpurgo and Terry Jones. His own books include the classics War Boy and War Game, winners of the Kate Greenaway Award and Smarties Book Prize respectively.

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ISBN 13	9781843650898
ISBN 10	1843650894
Title	War Game
Author	Michael Foreman
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2006-10-23
Number of pages	72
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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