War Game (novel)

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name = War Game
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author = Michael Foreman
illustrator = Michael Foreman
cover_artist = Michael Foreman
country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Children's, War novel
publisher = Pavilion Books
release_date = 7 October 1993
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 80 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 185793069X (first edition, hardback)
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"War Game" is a children's novel about World War I. Written by Michael Foreman in 1993 [ISBN 978-1857937138] , the story describes a group of four young men (Will, Freddie, Billy, and Lacey) who are eager to go for "the grand adventure". The story goes from training in England, to the arrival in France, to the famed Christmas Truce, to the Battle of the Somme. The four characters in the book are based on Foreman's uncles who were killed in the war.Fact|date=July 2007 In key points of the story, the author also points out information on what happened during the war. [ [http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php/War_Game_by_Michael_Foreman Review of War Game by Michael Foreman] ] In 2001, the British animation company Illuminated Films [ [http://www.illuminatedfilms.com Illuminated Films] ] made the animated short film "War Game", based on the story. [ [http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=2538 UK Film and Television News] ]

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