Letters from the coffin-trenches
By: Ken Catran
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781869415099
Subjects: Campaigns; World War, 1914-1918; Love; World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746; Letters; Juvenile fiction; Military campaigns; Fiction
Description: For seventeen-year-old Harry and his girlfriend Jessica, World War One is a crusade against the Hun. Harry enlists and is sent to Gallipoli, and Jessica leaves school and trains as a nurse. Their letters start with references to the knights of the round table but they are soon forced to face the brutal reality of war. Suggested level: secondary.
Notes: Novel for young adults.