The Great War
Subtitle: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War
By: David Almond [and 10 others] ; illustrated by Jim Kay
Contributors: 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
Edition: Abridged
Publisher: Walker Books, Ltd
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781406360134
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Historical fiction; Soldiers; Juvenile fiction; History; Fiction
Other titles: Stories inspired by items from the First World War
Description: Writers of these short stories were inspired by various physical objects associated with the First World War.

In this collection, writers draw on personal objects to bring the First World War to life. Contributors include David Almond, John Boyne, Tracy Chevalier, Michael Morpurgo, and Marcus Sedgwick. The texts contain descriptions of war violence.
Notes: Originally published: London : Walker Books, 2014.

Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 8 8 173712
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 Sedwick -- (Nose of a Zeppelin bomb) -- 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).