Shooting at the stars
Subtitle: the Christmas truce of 1914
By: John Hendrix
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
ISBN-13: 9781419711756
Subjects: Fiction; Soldiers; Juvenile fiction; Christmas Truce, 1914; World War, 1914-1918
Description: Shooting at the Stars is the moving story of a young British soldier on the front lines during World War I who experiences an unforgettable Christmas Eve. In a letter home to his mother, he describes how, despite fierce fighting earlier from both sides, Allied and German soldiers ceased firing and came together on the battlefield to celebrate the holiday.

In 1914 France, a British soldier writes to his mother about the strange events of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, when German and Allied soldiers met on neutral ground to share songs, food, and fun.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 40) and index.

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