Archie's War
By Marcia Williams; Marcia Williams (Illustrator)
(Candlewick, Hardcover, 9780763635329, 48pp.)
Publication Date: November 13, 2007
Categories: Historical - Military & Wars, People & Places - General
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Marcia Williams captures the Great War through a child’s eyes with a fascinating fictional scrapbook including real mementos of the day.
Meet ten-year-old Archie, his family, and best friend in a scrapbook Archie has made himself, full of comic strips and plenty of other memorabilia. The year is 1914, and as the Great War begins, Archie’s scrapbook reflects the war’s impact on his life and on those who write back from the front. Marcia Williams retains her humor and energy as she employs a new collage style to present an intimate and compelling view of the First World War and its era.
Marcia Williams, like Archie, was crazy about comics as a child. She has retold many classic tales in her own signature comic-book style, including those of Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Dickens, and is the author-illustrator of GOD AND HIS CREATIONS and HOORAY FOR INVENTORS! She lives in London.
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