AR Book Level
5.5
AR Points
1
Word Count
3,769
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
201743 EN
About this book
The book follows a group of boys from Suffolk, England, who sign up to fight in World War I in 1914, thinking it will be an adventure. As the war progresses, they experience the reality of trench warfare. The story culminates in the famous Christmas Day 1914 truce when soldiers from both sides leave their trenches to play football together in No Man's Land.