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Books about World War I

These ten books about World War I will offer young readers a range of different perspectives on the conflict.

  • Soldier Dog

    Soldier Dog

    by Sam Angus
    Macmillan Children's Books
    It's 1917 and Stanley Ryder is one of many young boys enlisting in the army, in spite of the fact he is underage. Assigned to working with messenger dogs, he is drafted to the Western Front.
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  • Eleven Eleven

    Eleven Eleven

    by Paul Dowswell
    Bloomsbury Publishing
    In the early hours of 11 November 1918, the agreement to end World War I is finally sealed, and the lives of three young men collide as they fight to survive the final hours of the conflict.
    Read about 'Eleven Eleven'
  • War Game

    War Game

    by Michael Foreman
    Puffin
    This simple yet haunting book tells the story of the First World War from the point of view of the writer’s uncles who lost their lives in the conflict.
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  • The Silver Donkey

    The Silver Donkey

    by Sonya Hartnett
    Walker Books
    In French woodland, sisters Coco and Marcelle find and help a blind English deserter from the battlefront, trying to ensure he reaches home. In return, he tells them marvellous tales...
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  • War Horse

    War Horse

    by Michael Morpurgo
    Egmont
    Steven Spielberg enjoyed this story so much he has turned it into his latest film. Joey is a young farm horse, sold to the army at the beginning of the First World War. Through his eyes the reader experiences the...
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  • Private Peaceful

    Private Peaceful

    by Michael Morpurgo
    HarperCollins Children's Books
    Passionate, beguiling and moving, the book is also an unflinching examination of the horrors of war and the injustice surrounding the execution of soldiers by firing squad, on the – often false – grounds of desertion or cowardice.
    Read about 'Private Peaceful'
  • The Shell House

    The Shell House

    by Linda Newbery
    Red Fox
    Graveney Hall is a beautiful home that burned down during the First World War. It links the stories of Greg, a photography student, and Edmund, the Graveney family's last heir.
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  • Some Other War

    Some Other War

    by Linda Newbery
    Barn Owl Books
    Seventeen-year-old twins Alice and Jack work at the mansion of the Morland family - but when the First World War breaks out, their lives are changed completely.
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  • The Foreshadowing

    The Foreshadowing

    by Marcus Sedgwick
    Orion Children's Books
    17-year-old Sasha travels to France as a volunteer nurse in an attempt to rescue her beloved brother Tom from a terrible death. But can she really change the future?
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  • Archie’s War

    Archie’s War

    by Marcia Williams
    Walker Books
    In 1914, ten year old Archie is sent a scrapbook in the post by his Uncle Colin, and through the years that follow, we see the world through Archie's eyes.
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