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Author:   Davide Cali ,  Serge Bloch
Publisher:   Wilkins Farago
Imprint:   Wilkins Farago
Dimensions:   Width: 22.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 30.00cm
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9780958557184

ISBN 10:   0958557187
Pages:   48
Publication Date:   01 November 2007
Recommended Age:   From 7
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Young adult ,  Children's (6-12) ,  Teenage / Young adult
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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War demands an enemy: Two khaki-clad soldiers peer out of holes, torn through the page as if by bullets. They are separated by a large expanse of white on either side of the gutter. One soldier defends his position: The enemy is there but I have never seen him. Every morning, I shoot at him. Then he shoots at me. They are both hungry and exhausted. But the other deserves to be. He is a beast. At least that is what the war manual says. Yet neither makes the first move. They wait, in an endless stalemate. Finally, one soldier sneaks out at night, ready to attack. But so does the other, and instead, they swap places. The enemy's foxhole is exactly the same. Why are they fighting? They don't know. Cali and Bloch break war down to its smallest - human - component. The powerful text and loose ink drawings are as spare as the foxholes they portray and leaven the weighty subject with an accessible irony. Though too metaphorical for the very young, middle-grade readers may well tuck away a small piece of this book to save for the future. (Picture book. 8-12) (Kirkus Reviews)

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