Book 2002

Letters from the coffin-trenches

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Publisher: Random House
Language: English
Published: 2002

Campaigns
Love
Letters
Juvenile fiction
Military campaigns
Fiction

For seventeen-year-old Harry and his girlfriend Jessica, World War One is a crusade against the Hun. Harry enlists and is sent to Gallipoli, and Jessica leaves school and trains as a nurse. Their letters start with references to the knights of the round table but they are soon forced to face the brutal reality of war. Suggested level: secondary.