Over the Line

Tom Palmer
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Based on a true story of a sporting hero's experience in the trenches. Jack is to make his debut as a professional footballer, but it's 1914 and the world is at war. Talk of sportsmen's cowardice leads to the formation of a Footballers' Battalion and Jack has little choice but to join up. Jack and his team-mates will have to survive a waking nightmare if they are ever to play again.
Genres: Historical FictionYoung AdultWarMiddle GradeChildrensFiction
131 Pages

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