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The button war : a tale of the Great War
Record details
- ISBN: 0763690538 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780763690533 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
229 pages ; 21 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts. Candlewick Press, 2018.
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | Middle School |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Buttons Fiction Competition (Psychology) Fiction Boys Fiction World War, 1914-1918 Fiction |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 0 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Erlanger Branch | J AVI (Text) | 33126022939429 | JFiction | Checked out | 05/15/2024 |
| Independence Branch | J AVI (Text) | 33126022939437 | JFiction | Checked out | 05/12/2024 |
- Baker & Taylor
Running with friends who entertain themselves by coming up with risky dares, Patryk watches as their village is occupied by hostile nations throughout the Great War, before his friends begin looting the dead soldiers as part of their competition. - Baker & Taylor
Running with a group of friends who entertain themselves by coming up with increasingly risky dares, 12-year-old Patryk watches as their tiny Polish village is occupied by a series of hostile nations throughout the Great War, before his friends begin looting the bodies of soldiers as part of an increasingly dangerous competition. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Player King. - Random House, Inc.
Renowned, award-winning author Avi pens a stark, unflinching tale of ordinary boys living in wartime as tensions ' and desperations ' mount among them.
Twelve-year-old Patryk knows little of the world beyond his tiny Polish village; the Russians have occupied the land for as long as anyone can remember, but otherwise life is unremarkable. Patryk and his friends entertain themselves by coming up with dares ' some more harmful than others ' until the Germans drop a bomb on the schoolhouse and the Great War comes crashing in. As control of the village falls from one nation to another, Jurek, the ringleader of these friends, devises the best dare yet: whichever boy steals the finest military button will be king. But as sneaking buttons from uniforms hanging to dry progresses to looting the bodies of dead soldiers ' and as Jurek's obsession with being king escalates ' Patryk begins to wonder whether their 'button war' is still just a game. When devastation reaches their doorstep, the lines between the button war and the real war blur, especially for the increasingly callous Jurek. Master of historical fiction Avi delivers a fierce account of the boys of one war-torn village who are determined to prove themselves with a simple dare that spins disastrously out of control. - Random House, Inc.
Renowned, award-winning author Avi pens a stark, unflinching tale of ordinary boys living in wartime as tensions â and desperations â mount among them.
Twelve-year-old Patryk knows little of the world beyond his tiny Polish village; the Russians have occupied the land for as long as anyone can remember, but otherwise life is unremarkable. Patryk and his friends entertain themselves by coming up with dares â some more harmful than others â until the Germans drop a bomb on the schoolhouse and the Great War comes crashing in. As control of the village falls from one nation to another, Jurek, the ringleader of these friends, devises the best dare yet: whichever boy steals the finest military button will be king. But as sneaking buttons from uniforms hanging to dry progresses to looting the bodies of dead soldiers â and as Jurekâs obsession with being king escalates â Patryk begins to wonder whether their âbutton warâ is still just a game. When devastation reaches their doorstep, the lines between the button war and the real war blur, especially for the increasingly callous Jurek. Master of historical fiction Avi delivers a fierce account of the boys of one war-torn village who are determined to prove themselves with a simple dare that spins disastrously out of control.