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War Game
During World War I, four English friends and their comrades find temporary relief from the brutal and seemingly endless struggle in the trenches when, on an extraordinary Christmas Day, they celebrate the holiday with their German enemies.
Hardcover
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by Arcade Publishing
(first published January 1st 1993)
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War Game By Michael Foreman
War Game chronicles the story of four friends, from the football pitch in Suffolk to the trenches of the Western front. Young and impressionable; Will, Lacey, Billy and Freddy join the army excited by the prospect of adventure in a foreign land. This is a moving story and a painful reminder of the heroism of the young soldiers who fought and died in First World War. It is also a wonderfully human piece about the sense of sympathy that grew between the two opposing for...more
War Game chronicles the story of four friends, from the football pitch in Suffolk to the trenches of the Western front. Young and impressionable; Will, Lacey, Billy and Freddy join the army excited by the prospect of adventure in a foreign land. This is a moving story and a painful reminder of the heroism of the young soldiers who fought and died in First World War. It is also a wonderfully human piece about the sense of sympathy that grew between the two opposing for...more
War Game by Michael Foreman depicts the spontaneous truce that took place on Christmas Day, 1914 on the Western front during the Great War. This beautifully illustrated book begins with 4 young boys playing soccer in Suffolk. They are craving some adventure, an opportunity to travel and so decide to join the fight with the assumption they will be home before Christmas. The author beautifully portrays the innocence of these young boys on their first London bus driving across the French countrysid...more
Feb 23, 2010
Becky
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
4th grade and up
Shelves:
art-medium-watercolor
The cheery watercolors of this book belie the grim topic and ending, even though there is a Christmas truce in the middle (also subject of the new book Truce, whose review by Elizabeth Bird led me to this one). This longer picture book for older elementary does a good job of presenting the gritty realities of life in the WWI trenches without preaching. The propaganda posters and photos are included with no explanation and are quite chilling ("Even a dog enlists. Why not you?" etc).
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War Game is a fiction text that follows three young Britain youth as they embark on the adventure of war. Told through the eyes of one of these young men, War Game provides an historical fiction account of life in the trenches during World War I. The grueling monotony of trench life is broken for a brief period as both sides celebrate Christmas day with a friendly game of football (soccer). Unfortunately the realities of war take the men back to their respective trenches and the fighting ensues....more
"War Game" is the children's version with pictures of "Silent Night: The Remarkable Christmas Truce of 1914" by Stanley Weintraub. It tells how four British boys decide to sign up to go to war, their expectations, the realities of life on the battlefield, and the sacrifice of death. To the alarm and frustration of the officers, these boys with their fellow soldiers and German "enemies" find sanity and friendship in the celebration of Christmas.
What a beautiful and moving story set in the trenches of WW1. Extraordinary watercolour illustrations add to the pathos, bravery, cameraderie, humour and tragedy of the tale. Highly recommended for both children and adults.
A grim topic for a children's book but then again a lot of fairy tales would fall into the "grim" category. If you have a kid that has an interest in WW I and/or soccer this could be a nice gift.
A short, illustrated small story telling the story of the infamous football game shared between British and German troops on Christmas Day during the first year of the First World War. It sensitively deals with the horrors of the Great War, from the view of young boys. Perfect as an introduction to the First World War for small children.
Gotta love a book that summarizes an entire conflict in two sentences.
a ten minute read,but a moving and thoughtful one.
Less fictionalized than 'Christmas in the Trenches', and contains more of the atrocities in juxtoposition to the truce.
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Michael has worked on magazines, book jackets, animated films, TV adverts, and even for the police, sketching criminals described by witnesses. As well as illustrating many of his own books, Michael has illustrated over a hundred books for authors such as Shakespeare, J. M. Barrie, the Brothers Grimm, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. Michael has travelled widely - to Africa, Japan, the Arctic Circ...more
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