War Game - Softcover

Foreman, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140371397 ISBN 13: 9780140371390

Publisher: Puffin, 1995

Synopsis

Then from somewhere, a football bounced across the frozen mud ... Freddie made a spectacular dive, caught the ball in both hands and threw it to a group of Germans.’ A moving and compelling story that takes four friends from the fields of Suffolk to France in the midst of the First World War Faced by the Germans and the appalling conditions in which they fight, their excitement and enthusiasm begins to fail. Then, one Christmas Day, an extraordinary thing happens. One by one, soldiers from both sides cautiously emerge from their trenches and put aside for a few hours the war that has made them enemies to play the historic game of football in No Man's Land

About this title

Review:

"'An unforgettable experience.' --The Guardian

About the Author:

Michael Foreman is an award-winning children's author and illustrator. prestigious awards. He is a visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art, and at his house in St Ives, Cornwall.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0140371397
• ISBN 13: 9780140371390
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96