Truce

by Jim Murphy

Book Overview

Two-time Newbery Honor Book author Jim Murphy writes a stunning nonfiction masterpiece about a Christmas miracle on the Western Front during World War I.

On July 29th 1914, the world's peace was shattered as the artillery of the Austria-Hungary Empire began shelling the troops of the country to its south. What followed was like a row of falling dominoes as one European country after another rushed into war. Soon most of Europe was fighting in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545130492
• ISBN13: 9780545130493
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7