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Description for My Brother's War
Paperback. A World War 1 story about two brothers - one chooses to fight for his country, the other refuses to kill - and becomes a conscientious objector. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFT; YXZW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
It's New Zealand, 1914, and the biggest war the world has known has just broken out in Europe. William eagerly enlists for the army but his younger brother, Edmund, is a conscientious objector and refuses to fight. While William trains to be a soldier, Edmund is arrested. Both brothers will end up on the bloody battlefields of France, but their journeys there are very different. And what they experience at the front line will challenge the beliefs that led them there.
It's New Zealand, 1914, and the biggest war the world has known has just broken out in Europe. William eagerly enlists for the army but his younger brother, Edmund, is a conscientious objector and refuses to fight. While William trains to be a soldier, Edmund is arrested. Both brothers will end up on the bloody battlefields of France, but their journeys there are very different. And what they experience at the front line will challenge the beliefs that led them there.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Aurora Metro Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Twickenham, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906582630
SKU
V9781906582630
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-25
About David Hill
In 2002, David Hill won the Children's Literature Foundation Award for See Ya Simon and the same book won the TES Award for Special Needs in 1994. In 2003, he was the Robert Lord writer-in-residence and in 2005 he received the Margaret Mahy Medal for his significant contribution to children's literature in New Zealand. His books have been translated into ... Read more
Reviews for My Brother's War
“It is a searing read but the book speaks with great authority.” Clare Morpurgo, The School Librarian (UK publication) “...this is an important and highly readable book.” NZ Listener “…there are stories that need to be told over and over again ...” NZ Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults “Beautifully written and deeply engrossing.” ... Read more