The Great War
Subtitle: stories inspired by objects from the First World War
By: David Almond, John Boyne, Tracy Chevalier, Ursula Dubosarsky, Timothée de Fombelle, Adèle Geras, A. L. Kennedy, Tanya Lee Stone, Michael Morpurgo, Marcus Sedgwick, Sheena Wilkinson ; illustrated by Jim Kay
Contributors: Kay, Jim (Illustrator), illustrator; Morpurgo, Michael, author; Kennedy, A. L., author; Sedgwick, Marcus, author; Boyne, John, 1971- author; Chevalier, Tracy, author; Stone, Tanya Lee, author; Geras, Adèle, author; Fombelle, Timothée de, 1973- author; Wilkinson, Sheena Maria, author; Dubosarsky, Ursula, 1961- author
Publisher: Walker Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781406353778
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Juvenile fiction; English Historical fiction; Children's stories, English; War stories; Short stories; Fiction
Description: This is a moving anthology of stories inspired by objects from the First World War, illustrated by Jim Kay. The Great War is a powerful collection of stories by bestselling authors, each inspired by a different object from the First World War. From a soldier's writing case to the nose of a Zeppelin bomb, each object illuminates an aspect of life during the war, and each story reminds us of the millions of individual lives that were changed forever by the four years of fighting. This remarkable book is illustrated by the Kate Greenaway Medal-winning Jim Kay. It features new work from: AL Kennedy; Tracy Chevalier; Michael Morpurgo; David Almond; Marcus Sedgwick; Adele Geras; Ursula Dubosarsky; John Boyne; Timothee de Fombelle; Sheena Wilkinson; and, Tanya Lee Stone. It is a truly unique and thought-provoking anthology. Gripping stories by some of the world's leading writers will bring the First World War alive for children. Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal for A Monster Calls, and was recently chosen by J.K. Rowling to illustrate the new full-colour editions of the Harry Potter series. Photographs of the objects which inspired each story will feature in the book. It is published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.
Table of contents: title: Our Jacko  -- Michael Morpurgo -- (Brodie helmet); title: Another kind of missing  -- A.L. Kennedy -- (Compass); title: Don't call it glory  -- Marcus Sedgwick -- (Nose of a Zeppelin bomb); title: The country you called home  -- John Boyne -- (Recruitment poster); title: When they were needed most  -- Tracy Chevalier -- (Princess Mary's Gift Fund box); title: A world that has no war in it  -- David Almond -- (Soldier's writing case); title: A Harlem Hellfighter and his horn  -- Tanya Lee Stone -- (Sheet music); title: Maud's story  -- Adèle Geras -- (War-time butter dish); title: Captain Rosalie  -- Timothée de Fombelle -- (Victoria Cross); title: Each slow dusk  -- Sheena Wilkinson -- (School magazines); title: Little wars -- Ursula Dubosarsky-- (French toy soldier).