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Author:
Korman, Gordon. War stories.
Title:
War stories / Gordon Korman.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Scholastic Press
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
1 online resource.
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Fiction.
Secrecy--Juvenile fiction.
Secrets--Fiction.
Heroes--Juvenile fiction.
Heroes--Fiction.
Great-grandfathers--Juvenile fiction.
Great-grandfathers--Fiction.
Veterans--Juvenile fiction.
Veterans--Fiction.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Juvenile fiction.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Fiction.
War fiction.
Summary:
Twelve-year-old Trevor Firestone loves playing war-based video games and he idolizes his great-grandfather Jacob who came home from World War II a celebrated hero; now ninety-three Jacob wants to retrace his journey in memory and reality and return to the small French village that his unit liberated, and Trevor is going with him--but not everyone in the town want Jacob to come, and Trevor is going to learn an important lesson: real war is not a video game, and valor and heroism can be very murky. concepts.
ISBN:
1338290215
9781338290219
LCCN:
2019047103
Locations:
YXPB162 -- Clarence Public Library (Edna Zybell Memorial Library) (Clarence)

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