The Good Son: A Story from the First World War, Told in Miniature

Name: The Good Son: A Story from the First World War, Told in Miniature
Brand: Candlewick Studio
SKU: 9781536204827-CWUSDTR
Price: 133.0 HKD
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Pierre-Jacques Ober (Author) • Jules Ober (Illustrator) • Felicity Coonan (Illustrator) ... more

Edition: US - Hardback

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English • Age 13 - 17

104 pages • 9.38 x 11.0 x 0.64 in

Approx. weight: 1.65 lb

Publication date: 14 May,2019

Barcode: 9781536204827 • Candlewick Studio

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By: Pierre-Jacques Ober | Illustrator: Jules Ober,Felicity Coonan

A young WWI soldier's unauthorized visit home has dire consequences in a haunting story reimagined in miniature tableaux.

About one hundred years ago, the whole world went to war.
The war was supposed to last months. It lasted years.

It is Christmastime, 1914, and World War I rages. A young French soldier named Pierre had quietly left his regiment to visit his family for two days, and when he returned, he was imprisoned. Now he faces execution for desertion, and as he waits in isolation, he meditates on big questions: the nature of patriotism, the horrors of war, the joys of friendship, the love of family, and how even in times of danger, there is a whole world inside every one of us. And how sometimes that world is the only refuge. Its publication coinciding with the centennial of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, this moving and sparely narrated story, based on true events, is reenacted in fascinating miniature scenes that convey the emotional complexity of the tale. Notes from the creators explore the innovative process and their personal connection to the story.