SuitabookShooting at the stars
John Hendrix
- Reading
- Read together, pausing at the shift from fighting to celebration. Invite your child to notice what the letter tells us, and what remains unknown about the soldiers’ thoughts and the truce’s aftermath.
- Themes
- The Christmas truce: A British soldier writes home about German and Allied soldiers meeting on neutral ground after fierce fighting, sharing songs, food and celebration. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- War is part of the setting: fierce fighting has taken place before the soldiers meet.