The Miami Valley School Library

Truce :

Murphy, Jim, 1947-

Truce : the day the soldiers stopped fighting / Jim Murphy. - New York : Scholastic Press, c2009. - 116 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-110) and index.

Those stupid kings and emperors -- Things were beginning to look unpleasant -- All attacks are to be pushed to the extreme -- There is no longer any sense in this business -- It was a sight one will never see again -- The lull is finished -- Epilogue.

Describes the Christmas truce that occurred along Western Front trenches in 1914 and features quotations from young men on both sides, a timeline, and additional source material.

10+

A Junior Library Guild selection

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2008040500

D530 / .M87 2009

940.421 MUR