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WORLD WAR, 1914-1918 - FICTION (11) answer(s).
 
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Biggles in France / Johns, W.E. 2004  Book
Johns, W.E. Book
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Publication London, Red Fox, 2004.
Description 223pOchre Spine
Series Biggles
Summary/Abstract A burst of bullets struck Biggles' machine somewhere just behind him, and he jerked the control-stick back into his stomach. A Hun shot past his wing-tip, so close that Biggles flinched. 'That's too close!' he muttered. Where the dickens are the S.E.'s? Biggles battles through the First World War, honing his flying skills in terrifying battles against the finest fighters the enemy can supply. But he finds war provides more light-hearted adventures as well.
Standard Number 0099283115 Pb.
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ID:   018411


Listen to the moon / Morpurgo, Michael 2014  Book
Morpurgo, Michael Book
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Publication London, HarperCollins Publishers, 2014.
Description 444pGolden Spine
Summary/Abstract May, 1915. Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies - injured, thirsty, lost...and with absolutely no memory of who she is, or how she came to be there. She can say only one word: Lucy. Where has she come from? Is she a mermaid, the victim of a German U-boat, or even - as some islanders suggest - a German spy...? Only one thing is for sure: she loves music and moonlight, and it is when she listens to the gramophone that the glimmers of the girl she once was begin to appear. WW1 is raging, suspicion and fear are growing, and Alfie and Lucy are ever more under threat. But as we begin to see the story of Merry, a girl boarding a great ship for a perilous journey across the ocean, another melody enters the great symphony - and the music begins to resolve...
Standard Number 9780008124465 Pb.
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ID:   021310


Little hen and the great war / Beck, Jennifer; Belton, Robyn (ill.) 1996  Book
Belton, Robyn (ill.) Book
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Publication London, Scholastic, 1996.
Description 38pWhite Spine
Summary/Abstract A young soldier is fighting in the trenches of wartime France when he finds a hen, skinny, scruffy, and starving. He tucks her into his jacket and takes her with him. The other soldiers laugh when they see him looking after her and sharing his meagre rations of food, but when the hen thrives and begins to lay eggs for them, they realise that perhaps survival and hope are possible after all. A beautiful story of unexpected friendship in the midst of fighting and devastation.
Standard Number 9781407145983 Pb.
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ID:   008488


Private peaceful / Morpurgo, Michael 2004  Book
Morpurgo, Michael Book
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Publication London, Harper Collins Children's Books, 2004.
Description 184pGrey and White Spine
Summary/Abstract When Thomas Peaceful’s older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself.
Standard Number 9780007312054 Pb.
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ID:   010670


Road to war: A first World War Girl's diary 1916-1917 / Wilding, Valerie 2008  Book
Wilding, Valerie Book
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Publication Great Britain, Scholastic, 2008.
Description 188pWhite spine
Series My story
Summary/Abstract The horrors of the Great War in Europe are experienced first hand by Daffy Rowntree when her brother goes missing in action. She sets out to find him and finds herself mired in the mud and trenches of the battlefieldsof France....
Standard Number 9781407104614 Pb.
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ID:   011341


Silver donkey / Hartnett, Sonya; Spudvilas, Anne (ill.) 2004  Book
Hartnett, Sonya Book
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Publication Australia, Penguin Group, 2004.
Description 191pLight Yellow Spine
Summary/Abstract In France during World War I, four French children learn about honesty, loyalty, and courage from an English army deserter who tells them a series of stories related to his small, silver donkey charm.
Standard Number 9780143301578 Pb.
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ID:   019244


Stay where you are and then leave / Boyne, John; Jeffers, Oliver (ill.) 2013  Book
Boyne, John Book
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Publication London, Corgi Books, 2013.
Description 249pGrey Spine
Summary/Abstract Four years after Alfie Summerfield's father left London to become a soldier in World War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross Station when he happens to learn that his father is at a nearby hospital being treated for shell shock.
Standard Number 9780552570589 Pb.
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ID:   005480


The Thirty-Nine Steps / Buchan, John 2008  Book
Buchan, John Book
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Publication Gurgaon, Scholastic India Pvt. Ltd, 2008.
Description 137pRed spine
Summary/Abstract Drawn into the dark and gruesome world of international espionage, retired army officer Richard Hannay must solve a cold blooded murder and unlock the code hidden inside a black diary in order to save the world from another world war. This is a fast-paced, action-packed adventure.
Contents The Man Who Died The Milkman Sets Out on His Travels The Adventure of the Literary Innkeeper The Adventure of the Radical Candidate The Adventure of the Spectacled Roadman The Adventure of the Bald Archaeologist The Dry-fly Fisherman The Coming of the Black Stone The Thirty-nine Steps Various Parties Converging on the Sea
Standard Number 8184770375 Pb.
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ID:   016900


True stories of the first world war / Dowswell, Paul 2004  Book
Dowswell, Paul Book
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Publication London, Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2004.
Description 137pBlue Spine
Summary/Abstract A collection of stories relating to one of the most troubling wars in history.
Standard Number 9780746057490 Pb.
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ID:   010932


War game: village green to no-man's land / Foreman, Michael 2006  Book
Foreman, Michael Book
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Publication London, Pavilion Children's Books, 2006.
Description 64pWhite Spine
Summary/Abstract The story of a group of soldiers who, during the First World War, broke the rules one Christmas Day and played a game of soccer between the trenches and the barbed wire.
Standard Number 9781843650898 Pb.
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ID:   016459


When the guns fall silent / Riordon, James 2013  Book
Riordon, James Book
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Publication Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013.
Description 157pGrey Spine
Summary/Abstract Jack, standing among the war graves, sees a face he recognizes. Suddenly, it's 1914 again and he's a young lad back in the trenches. Visions of killing and misery come to him with horrible clarity. But then Jack remembers too the incredible moment when the guns fell silent for a short time, and fighting gave way to football on the frozen ground of No-Man's-Land. This amazing story, based on true facts from the First World War, will transport readers back to the war fields of France and show that even in times of conflict and extreme sadness, there is always hope.
Standard Number 9780192735706 Pb.
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