All Quiet on the Western Front

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Age range 8 to 12

When Paul Bumer and his classmates join the army, nothing has prepared them for the death and destruction that they witness.

Machine guns, huge artillery shells and poison gas create a nightmare world for these young men and their older comrades. For months and years attack is followed by counterattack.

Will any of Paul's friends survive long enough to return to their families and loved ones

Will there be a place for them at home, when peace finally comes

Can any of these soldiers make sense of the massive conflict in which they are involved

Author Bio

Erich Maria Remarque, born Erich Paul Remark, was a German novelist who created many works about the terror of war. His best known novel is All Quiet on the Western Front (1928) which tells the tale of German soldiers in the First World War. This was followed by The Road Back (1931) and The Three Comrades (1936).