Michael Morpurgo was a very popular author in my class last year. I loved seeing all the children borrow his books from the library, order the box sets from Book Club and other book shops. I discovered this book at my local library in November, and read it to my class in the week leading up to Remembrance Day. The memorable story is about Christmas in the trenches in 1914. It is inspired by the Christmas truce. After reading this story my class were motivated to examine historical documentaries on youtube about the events. They found it hard to imagine resuming the fighting, and what it would be like to follow orders. Coming up to the 100 year anniversary, I will be reading this book to my class again this year and hopefully they feel encouraged to share this story with many others.
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