Lord of the Nutcracker Men (THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE PRINT YOUNG ADULT SERIES) - Hardcover

Lawrence, Iain

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9780786241552: Lord of the Nutcracker Men (THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE PRINT YOUNG ADULT SERIES)

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ISBN 10: 0786241551 ISBN 13: 9780786241552

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2002

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An English boy during World War I comes to believe that the battles he enacts with his toy soldiers control the war his father is fighting on the front.

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Review:

“War idealistic, brutal, awe inspiring, numbing, jingoistic and ultimately heartbreaking is the central theme of this thoughtful and thought-provoking novel... its timing and its message are eerily resonant.”
Publishers’ Weekly

“A poignant, believable tale told with the sure touch of someone who shapes his craft with the same precision, imagination, and intensity as Johnny's ingenious father.”
Horn Book

About the Author:

Iain Lawrence was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, the second of four children. He studied journalism in Vancouver and went to work for the Prince Rupert Daily News. Eighteen years later, he went to work on a fish farm before he started writing full-time. He learned to sail at the age of nine, and ashe grew up, boating became a huge part of his life. He lives with his long-time partner Kristin and dog Skipper on a remote radio-transmission site on anisland off Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

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