War is Over
$24.98
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
28 October 2019
Summary
A Glimpse of Peace: A Story of War and Hope
From the bestselling, award-winning author of SKELLIG comes a vivid and moving story, beautifully illustrated, written to commemorate the hundred-year anniversary of the end of the First World War.
“I am just a child,” says John. “How can I be at war?”
It’s 1918, and war is everywhere. John’s dad is fighting in the trenches far away in France. His mum works in the munitions factory just along the road. His …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444940312 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444940317 |
| Author: | David Almond, David Litchfield |
| Publisher: | Hachette Children's Group |
| Imprint: | Hodder Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 122g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 10mm |
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Prolific and talented author - The Journal (Newcastle)
Winner of the Carnegie Medal 1999 for Skellig - Times Educational SupplementWinner of the Whitbread Children’s Prize for Skellig 1998 - The Daily TelegraphAble to combine emotional involvement with a real skill for storytelling in a manner rare in any writer - The TimesAbout The Author
David Almond
David Almond is the author of Skellig, My Name is Mina, Island, Bone Music and many other novels, stories, picture books, opera librettos, songs and plays. His work is translated into 40 languages, and is widely adapted for stage and screen. His major awards include the Carnegie Medal, two Whitbread Awards, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, the Michael L Printz Award (USA), Le Prix Sorcieres (France), the Nonino International Prize, the James Kruss Prize and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. He has also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the world’s most prestigious prize for children’s authors. In 2021, David was awarded an OBE for services to literature.
David speaks at festivals and conferences around the world. He is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. He is widely regarded as one of the most exciting, inspirational and innovative children’s authors writing today. He has one amazing daughter. He lives in Newcastle, the city in which he was born.
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