Trench Warfare # 13

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque Paul Baumer is just a student in Germany until he and his classmates join the German army. Now he and his classmates have to fight to protect Germany and for their lives. How will he survive? Reading Level High - Library owns 140 copies

And In The Morning by John Wilson Through the diary of young Jim Ha, we get to see what life was like for a young boy who went to war. Jim was too young to enlist in , but when his father is killed in the war, Jim and his friends lie about their ages and enlist. At first, life in the army is rather boring and tedious. As they begin to see action, Jim’s views on war change and when Jim is involved in one of the bloodiest battles in the war we see the horrors of war through the eyes of a teenager. Reading Level Average - Library owns 11 copies

In Flanders Fields: the story of the poem by Linda Granfield The lines of the celebrated poem are interwoven with fascinating information about the first World War. Includes details of daily life in the trenches. Reading Level Low—Picture Book - Library owns 6 copies

Kiplings Choice by Geert Spillbeen Eighteen-year-old John Kipling lies mortally wounded in the trenches of France. The war is raging all around him and now he is dying in his first battle. As he waits for death he thinks back to his childhood. He is the son of the famous author and his father truly believed in duty to country. As , Rudyard had to pull many string to get John into the military. We learn about John’s life and beliefs about honor and duty as he lay dying. Reading Level Average - Library owns12 copies

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo Twenty-year-old Joe Bonham is trapped inside his own body, completely unable to communicate with anyone. Joe has no arms, no legs and no recognizable face. Besides his beating heart, a torso and the stumps where his limbs used to be the only thing Joe has left is his brain. Joe was drafted into the military and forced to put his life on the line because the government didn’t have enough volunteer soldiers. Nine million men died in the war. As for Joe he was injured by a mortar shell on the last day of combat and somehow managed to survive. Reading Level High - Library owns 11 copies

Private Peaceful by Michael Morporgo When Thomas’s older brother is forced to join the , Thomas decides to sign up as well although he is only fourteen-years-old. Reading Level Low - Library owns 17 copies