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Truce
The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
By Murphy, Jim
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-54513-049-3
- Publisher
- Scholastic
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2009
Gr 6-10 World War I was notable for incredible carnage, the complete senselessness of which was noted by both foot soldiers and such savvy statesmen as Winston Churchill. Murphy begins this history of the Christmas truce of 1914 by limning the buildup to the war. Anyone who has ever felt confused by the connection between the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the conflagration that followed will be vastly enlightened by Murphy's explanation, extended in the comparison, drawn in the epilogue, of Europe in 1914 to ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2009
Murphy's account of the famed Christmas Truce, which spontaneously and irregularly broke out along the Western Front on Christmas Eve, 1914, occupies only the middle part of this history, which is just as it should be. The first third of the book ambitiously—but sparely and effectively, too—outlines the causes of the Great War, demonstrating that t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
The first part of this book sparely and effectively outlines the causes of the Great War. Murphy then moves into a close-up view of the trenches ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
A fascinating and moving examination of a remarkable incident. A must-have bo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
