Our Jacko
Morpurgo, Michael2018
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"This war is a nightmare that one day I shall wake from and then forget. And if I don't wake, then you shall never know. I don't want you ever to know." No one seems to know where the scruffy tin hat came from – just that it is very old, from some war or other long ago. To young Michael and his family it has its uses today: as a child’s toy, a feeding bowl for the hens, a hanging basket... Then Michael discovers that it belonged to his great-great-grandfather, “Our Jacko”, who lost his life at Ypres in 1915. As the boy digs deeper, he finds the young soldier's diary and learns more about his forgotten ancestor – husband, father, poet, actor – who died so tragically young. And it becomes clear exactly how Our Jacko should be commemorated.
Main title:
Our Jacko / Michael Morpurgo ; illustrated by David Gentleman.
Author:
Morpurgo, MichaelGentleman, David, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Walker Books, 2018.©2018.
Collation:
60 pages : colour illustrations ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Illustrations on endpapers.First published in 2014 in The Great War: stories inspired by objects from the First World War.
Audience:
Lower primary
ISBN:
9781406366136 (hardback)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
362238
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Clair | Junior Fiction | MORPUR | Available |