Age 14
By: by Geert Spillebeen ; translated by Terese Edelstein
Contributors: Edelstein, Terese
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780547053424
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Juvenile fiction; Juvenile Participation; Soldiers; False personation; History; Fiction; Identity; Military participation; Juvenile; Runaway children; Individuality; Historical fiction
Other titles: Age fourteen
Description: In 1913, twelve-year-old Patrick Condon wants to escape his improverished and unexciting life in Ireland. He pretends to be his older brother, John and joins the army. When World War I begins in 1914, he gets all the action he has been looking for, and more. But how long can this game go on? Based on a true story.
Notes: Translated from the Dutch.