Truce : the day the soldiers stopped fighting /
Jim Murphy
- New York : Scholastic, 2009.
- 116 pages : illustrations , maps ; 26 cm.
Those stupid kings and emperors -- Things were beginning to look unpleasant -- All attacks are to be pushed to the extreme -- There is no longer any sense in this business -- It was a sight one will never see again -- The lull is finished -- Epilogue.
Describes the Christmas truce that occurred along Western Front trenches in 1914 and features quotations from young men on both sides, a timeline, and additional source material.
Christmas Truce, 1914--Juvenile literature. World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front--Juvenile literature. World War, 1914-1918--Armistices--Juvenile literature. Christmas Truce, 1914. World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front. World War, 1914-1918--Armistices.