Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Book Review: And in the Morning: Fields of Conflict - The Somme, 1916 by John Wilson

Book received at no charge from publisher to facilitate my review.

A gift of a soldier's diary leads to the discovery of a family secret.

In the pages of the diary, fifteen year-old, Jim Hay pens his thought. With his country at war and his father leaving for battle, Jim desires to join the cause. Even after his father dies in battle, he imagines an adventurous and heroic life as a World War I soldier.

The fight to survive in the trenches in France has Jim longing for his true love at home while he lives through the horrors war with an outcome even he never anticipated.

While Wilson aptly describes the atrocities of World War I, it feels tedious in places. However, enough action is disbursed to keep the reader intrigued enough to find out what happens to the young soldier and the bride he left behind.
Publishing Information:

Publisher: Wandering Fox Books
ISBN: 978-1-772030-14-3
Ages: 12 & up

Rating:  Good to Recommended ★★★✬ ☆☆
  
Book can be purchased at the following retailer
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1772030147/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1772030147&linkCode=as2&tag=boysanwritin-20&linkId=QBWDFATNMVDMRON2



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