The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War (Hardcover) by Various

from sleahey

This collections of short stories by eleven well-regarded young adult authors conveys the extent of the effects of World War I on those left at home. The main characters of the stories are mostly pre-teens and from the British Empire, with the exception of one soldier in the Harlem Hellfighters. ...

from BridgetMary

I was very happy to receive this book as part of the Early Reviewer program. World War I has always represented a fascinating time in history for me and I like the concept behind this book--different young adult authors have composed short pieces based on various artifacts from the war. Yes, as s...

from countrylife

This is a collection of eleven short stories written by authors of young adult fiction. Following the stories is a section "About the Items", with each item pictured, and receiving a half-page entry of information, much like a school textbook. The last section is "About the Contributors", with a ...

from GreyhoundGal

The stories in this collection seem to vary widely in reader appeal, and it's a safe bet that a half-dozen readers would rank the stories in at least as many different ways. The book would serve as a worthy supplement to a high-school history course, but I don't think many younger students have e...

from acargile

This story collection has different authors, all given the task to write a story around an item from World War I. I honestly have little to say about this book--I recall a few of the stories. I listened to it over the summer, as it was part of the Audiobook Sync downloads. Don't expect happy stor...