Lord of the Nutcracker Men
by Iain Lawrence
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An English boy during World War I comes to believe that the battles he enacts with his toy soldiers control the war his father is fighting on the front.Tags
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A sad, strange, interesting view of WWI. It's nice to see the war from the perspective of the home-front.
This book is about a boy named Jonny.Jonny's father is fighting in WW 1.During the war his father sends him nutcracker solders that he carves. I would recommend this book to almost everybody.I like this book because I'm interested in the world wars.
During WWI, an English boy comes to believe the battle she enacts with his toy soldiers control the war his father is fighting on the front.
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Children's Books about World War I (1914-1918)
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Author Information
24 Works 3,457 Members
Iain Lawrence is a journalist, travel writer, and author. His novels include Ghost Boy, Lord of the Nutcracker Men, The Skeleton Tree, and the High Seas Trilogy. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- Lord of the Nutcracker Men
- Original publication date
- 2001
- People/Characters
- Johnny
- Important places
- London, England, UK
- Important events
- World War I, British Home Front
- First words
- My dad was a toy maker, the finest in London.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"I imagine that my grandfather could hear them for the rest of his life."
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .L43545 .L — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Members
- 358
- Popularity
- 87,142
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.89)
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 15
- ASINs
- 3
