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    What Are We Fighting For?: Poems About War
    What Are We Fighting For?: Poems About War
    What Are We Fighting For?: Poems About War
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    What Are We Fighting For?: Poems About War

    By Brian Moses and Roger Stevens

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    What Are We Fighting For? is a poetry collection that explores the concept of war in a brilliantly accessible way for younger readers.

    Fascinating and moving in equal measure, there are poems about incredibly brave dogs, cats and pigeons; the Christmas truce of WWI when soldiers played football in No Man's Land; poems about rationing and what it was like to be an evacuee, poems about modern warfare and the reality of war today; plus lots of amazing true historical facts.

    This cross-curricular poetry book is a brilliant way to get young readers thinking about both the historical and philosophical aspects of war.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPan Macmillan
    Release dateJan 30, 2014
    ISBN9781447248620
    What Are We Fighting For?: Poems About War
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    Brian Moses

    Brian Moses spends much of his time visiting schools, where he runs workshops sessions and performs his poetry. He has compiled numerous collections for Macmillan (total sales of over 750,000 copies), including The Works 2 and The Secret Lives of Teachers. He lives in Sussex with his wife and two daughters.

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