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Secret Soldiers: A Novel of World War I
Contributor(s): Hutton, Keely (Author)
ISBN: 0374309035     ISBN-13: 9780374309039
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
OUR PRICE:   $16.19  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: July 2019
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2018039223
Lexile Measure: 910
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.85 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Friendship
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Sex & Gender - Boy's Interest
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 503559
Reading Level: 5.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 10.0
 
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Publisher Description:

A 2020 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
A 2020 Children's Book Council Notable Social Studies Book for Young People

Over a quarter million underage British boys fought on the Allied front lines of the Great War, but not all of them fought on the battlefield--some fought beneath it, as revealed in this middle-grade historical adventure about a deadly underground mission.

Secret Soldiers follows the journey of Thomas, a thirteen-year-old coal miner, who lies about his age to join the Claykickers, a specialized crew of soldiers known as "tunnelers," in hopes of finding his missing older brother. Thomas works in the tunnels of the Western Front alongside three other soldier boys whose constant bickering and inexperience in mining may prove more lethal than the enemy digging toward them. But as they burrow deeper beneath the battlefield, the boys discover the men they hope to become and forge a bond of brotherhood.

Secret Soldiers is another stunning story of strength, perseverance, and love from Keely Hutton.

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Contributor Bio(s): Hutton, Keely: - Keely Hutton is a novelist, educational journalist, and former teacher. She is the recipient of the Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop scholarship at Chautauqua. She has worked closely with Ricky Richard Anywar to tell his story in her first novel, Soldier Boy.