Kid Soldier

by Jennifer Maruno

Fatherless fifteen-year-old Richard is befriended by a former military man in St. Catharines, Ontario. After attending army summer training camp in 1939, he joins the army at the start of the Second World War, lying about his age. He ships out to Britain for training. There he witnesses the Battle of Britain and is wounded during the Blitz.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459706773
• ISBN13: 9781459706774
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10