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 PoW - Martin Booth
Newest Review: ... are to carry ammunition to the ship?s guns and the carry out any jobs that need doing. His ship is involved in the Battle of ... more  ... Jutland (fought on 31st May 1916 for all you history buffs), is hit by enemy fire and sunk. Ted is sent to a prisoner of war camp in Brandenburg, where c
onditions are very hard and he witnesses cruelty and death. Ted knows he MUST escape, but he also knows that if he tries and fails he WILL be shot! Ted plans his way out carefully and when he does get out he finds that surviving in an enemy country is just as hard as escaping. The story ...more |
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PoW - Martin Booth: The Horror of War! (1226 words)
by - written on 22/03/04 (Very useful, 162 readings)
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While STILL waiting to reach the top of the waiting list for Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful I thought I'd try to find something similar to keep my interest and while away the hours. I looked along the shelves in the Older Fiction section in the Children?s library ~ I got as far as "B" before a copy of Martin Booth's PoW (Prisoner of War) caught my eye. Further inspection (I read the "blurb" on the back) got my curiosity further and I decided THIS was the book I should read next. ~~~THE AUTHOR. Martin Booth was born in 1944 (on September 7th) and unfortunately died on the 12th February this year (2004). He had been ... Read the complete review
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