Awards and Honors2010 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, Recommended Book; 2010 ALA Notable Children’s Books, Older Readers; ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2010; NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2010, World History & Culture; IRA Notable Books for a Global Society 2010; Booklist The Best of Editors’ Choice 2009; Bulletin Blue Ribbons 2009, Nonfiction; YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Nomination, 2010
On December 25, 1914, a Christmas miracle occurred all along the Western Front: "[P]eace . . . won the day as hundreds of thousands of soldiers simply decided, despite direct orders to the contrary, that they weren't going to fight." Battle plans. Drawings. Maps. Black-and-white photographs. A 2010 ALA Notable Children's Book.
Title alpha Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
Level History High
Pages Count 144
Genre Nonfiction
Topics The Christmas Truce (1914). World War I. Soldiers. Germany. Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914). Kaiser Wilhelm (1859-1941). Winston Churchill (1874-1965). The Allies. Trench warfare. The Western Front. No-man's-land.
SRC Level 12.600000
SRC Points 5.000000
Lexile NC1160L
Trim Size 8" x 10"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Publication date 2009-09-30
JLG Release Date Jan 2010
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
History - High (Grades 9 & Up)
History High
History - High (Grades 9 & Up)
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