Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting - Rilegato

Murphy, Jim

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ISBN 10: 0545130492 ISBN 13: 9780545130493

Casa editrice: Scholastic Pr, 2009

Riassunto

With World War I raging on the battlefields of Europe, an unexpected and miraculous event unfolded one Christmas evening; in defiance of their commanding officers' orders, a truce was declared by soldiers on opposing sides, who stopped fighting to engage in a spontaneous Christmas celebration with their "enemies." By a two-time Newbery Honor-winning author.

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Recensione:

Best Books for Young Adults, 2010 American Library Association

Best Children's Books of the Year, 2010 Bank Street College of Education

Booklist Editors Choice: Books for Youth, 2009 American Library Association

Bulletin Blue Ribbons, 2009 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Choices, 2010 Cooperative Children's Book Center

Notable Books for a Global Society, 2010 Children's Literature Special Interest Group IRA

Notable Children's Books, 2010 ALSC American Library Association

School Library Journal Best Books,2009

YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2010 American Library Association
* "Well organized and clearly written, this presentation vividly portrays the context and events of the Christmas Truce." -- Booklist, starred review

*"Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, from letters home, diaries and recollections of combatants to archival photographs and prints, the author allows the principles to speak...he leaves kids with the provocative thought that war need not be inevitable, that the truce 'offered reassurance that a kinder, humane spirit could prevail.'" -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

L'autore:

Jim Murphy is the celebrated author of more than thirty-five books for young readers, most notably TRUCE: THE DAY THE SOLDIERS STOPPED FIGHTING and THE GREAT FIRE, a Newbery Honor Winner. His carefully researched, engaging, and elegantly written nonfiction has garnered the most prestigious awards in the field. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his wife and their two sons.

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• Editore: Scholastic Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0545130492
• ISBN 13: 9780545130493
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 116