War game : the legendary story of the First World War football match
Foreman, Michael, 1938-2014
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Michael Foreman's watercolours document the detail of war days in Britain. This book is written in memory of 4 of his uncles who died in the Great War. 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 GuardianIt'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.
Main title:
War game : the legendary story of the First World War football match / Michael Foreman.
Author:
Foreman, Michael, 1938-, author, illustrator
Edition:
WWI 100th anniversary edition.
Imprint:
London : Pavilion Children's, 2014.
Collation:
79 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 22 x 30 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 1993.Text on lining paper.
Awards:
Smarties Prize
ISBN:
9781843651789 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
Subject:
Brothers -- England -- Suffolk -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fictionWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fictionWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Armistices -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fictionSoccer matches -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fictionInterest age: from c 7 yearsFirst World WarChildren's / Teenage general interest: History & the pastChildren's / Teenage fiction & true storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Historical fictionChildren's / Teenage fiction: General fictionChildren's / Teenage fiction: Sporting storiesChildren's / Teenage: general interestChildren's / Teenage general interest: Biography & autobiographyChildren's / Teenage general interest: Warfare, battles, armed forcesChildren's / Teenage general interest: Literature, books & writersChildren's / Teenage general interest: Ball games & sports: Football (SoccEuropeChristmasChildren's storiesBiographical fictionFiction 9+General StoriesPicture Books for Older Readers
BRN:
1528572