War Games
By (Author) James Riordan
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
20th February 2009
United Kingdom
Primary and Secondary Educational
Non Fiction
428.6
64
Width 128mm, Height 198mm, Spine 6mm
70g
A historical tale set during World War I. It's Christmas 1914 and in NoMan's Land a unique game of football is being played - between Britishand German troops.
James Riordan is a Professor of Russian at Bradford University. He's also a great writer. James' first novel, Sweet Clarinet won the NASEN Award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award. Match of Death won the South Lanarkshire Book Award and his latest novel, The Gift, was also shortlisted for the NASEN Award. One of his best-known books is When the Guns Fall Silent.