| Other author/creator | Kay, Jim (Illustrator) illustrator. |
| Other author/creator | Morpurgo, Michael author. |
| Other author/creator | Kennedy, A. L. author. |
| Other author/creator | Sedgwick, Marcus, 1968-2022 author. |
| Other author/creator | Boyne, John, 1971- author. |
| Other author/creator | Chevalier, Tracy author. |
| Other author/creator | Almond, David, 1951- author. |
| Other author/creator | Stone, Tanya Lee, author. |
| Other author/creator | Geras, Adèle author. |
| Other author/creator | Fombelle, Timothée de, 1973- author. |
| Other author/creator | Wilkinson, Sheena Maria, author. |
| Other author/creator | Dubosarsky, Ursula, 1961- author. |
| Variant title |
Stories inspired by items from the First World War |
| Contents |
Our Jacko / Michael Morpurgo (Brodie helmet) -- Another kind of missing / A.L. Kennedy (Compass) -- Don't call it glory / Marcus Sedgwick (Nose of a Zeppelin bomb) -- The country you called home / John Boyne (Recruitment poster) -- When they were needed most / Tracy Chevalier (Princess Mary's Gift Fund box) -- A world that has no war in it / David Almond (Soldier's writing case) -- A Harlem Hellfighter and his horn / Tanya Lee Stone (Sheet music) -- Maud's story / Adèle Geras (War-time butter dish) -- Captain Rosalie / Timothée de Fombelle (Victoria Cross) -- Each slow dusk / Sheena Wilkinson (School magazines) -- Little wars / Ursula Dubosarsky (French toy soldier). |
| Abstract |
Writers of this collection of short stories were inspired to write about the First World War by physical objects associated with the war. |
| General note | Originally published: London : Walker Books, 2014. |
| Audience |
820 Lexile |
| LCCN | 2013955699 |
| ISBN | 9780763675547 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0763675547 (hardcover) |
