War Games (White Wolves: Stories with Historical Settings)

War Games (White Wolves: Stories with Historical Settings)

by JamesRiordan (Author)

Synopsis

It's Christmas Eve, 1914, and there's a war on. British and German soldiers sit in the muddy trenches either side of No Man's Land, as deadly enemies. Suddenly, a strange sound fills the air. A German voice is singing 'Silent Night'. A British sergeant joins in, and so begins a most unusual evening indeed...War Games is a historical story set during World War I.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 01 Oct 2008

ISBN 10: 0713687509
ISBN 13: 9780713687507
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
Book Overview: Part of the specially-commissioned White Wolves fiction range for 7-11 year olds, written in consultation with the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education. Each year group has three stand-alone titles and accompanying Teachers' Guides to support guided reading lessons in the classroom. The series is already garnering praise in the press: 'It's a pleasure to read commissioned work which fulfils its brief so imaginatively' Books for Keeps. Ties in with the NLS Year 4 theme: stories with historical settings.

Author Bio
James Riordan is a Professor of Russian at Bradford University. He's also a great writer. James' first novel, Sweet Clarinet won the NASEN Award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award. Match of Death won the South Lanarkshire Book Award and his latest novel, The Gift, was also shortlisted for the NASEN Award. One of his best-known books is When the Guns Fall Silent.