Lord of the Nutcracker Men
Author:
Iain LawrencePublisher:
Random House Children's BooksImprint:
Delacorte Books for Young ReadersPublication Date:
10-09-2001ISBN:
9780385729246Pages:
224Subjects:
Children's FictionAvailable as:
Hardback, 9780385729246 Audio cassette, 9780788797880 Book, 9781419383335 CD-Audio, 9781402523175 Electronic book text, 9780307537898 Electronic book text, 9780007402274 Hardback, 9780385900249 Hardback, 9780605333437 Hardback, 9781413101645 Hardback, 9780007179350 Hardback, 9780786241552 Mixed media product, 9781402526022 Mixed media product, 9781402520174 Multiple copy pack, 9780613721868 Multiple copy pack, 9781402520648 Multiple copy pack, 9781402526039 Paperback, 9781439521830 Paperback, 9780440418122 Pre-recorded MP3 player, 9781461823087
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Ten-year-old Johnny eagerly plays at war with the army of nutcracker soldiers his toymaker father whittles for him. He demolishes imaginary foes. But in 1914 Germany looms as the real enemy of Europe, and all too soon Johnny's father is swept up in the war to end all wars. He proudly enlists with his British countrymen to fight at the front in France. The war, though, is nothing like what any soldier or person at home expected. The letters that arrive from Johnny's dad reveal the ugly realities of combat uaand the soldiers he carves and encloses begin to bear its scars. Still, Johnny adds these soldiers to his armies of Huns, Tommies, and Frenchmen, engaging them in furious fights. But when these games seem to foretell his dad's real battles, Johnny thinks he possesses godlike powers over his wooden men. He fears he controls his father's fate, the lives of all the soldiers in no-man's land, and the outcome of the war itself.
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