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From extraordinary novelist Sonya Hartnett comes a gently told fable of a lost soldier, heroic children, and a steadfast donkey. One morning in the woods of World War I France, two young sisters stumble upon an astonishing find — a soldier, temporarily blinded by war, who has walked away... read more

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One cool spring morning in the woods close to the sea, two girls found a man curled up in the shade and, immediately guessing he must be dead, ran away shrieking delightedly, clutching each other's hands.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. The soldier in the trees
2. Monsieur Shepard
3. The fog
4. Jam and milk in the woods
5. The first tale
6. Night under the trees
7. A newcomer in the woods
8. The second tale
9. The ideas man
10. The Front
11. Their campaign begins
12. Lieutenant Shepard sees
13. The third tale
14. Heroes
15. The last afternoon
16. The fourth tale
17. Away
18. Coco in the woods

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  1. Sonya Hartnett (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking (Penguin Group)
Country: Australia
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0670042404
Page Count: 192

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