War Game (novel)
War Game is a children's novel about World War I written and illustrated by Michael Foreman and published by Pavilion in 1993. It features four young English soldiers and includes football with German soldiers during the Christmas truce, "temporary relief from the brutal and seemingly endless struggle in the trenches".
War Game won the 1993 Nestlé Children's Book Prize in ages category 6-8 years and overall. Foreman was a commended runner up for the annual Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the best children's book illustration by a British subject.
The book was adapted in 2001 as the short animated film War Game, by the British animation company Illuminated Films.
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