An Eagle in the Snow
Michael Morpurgo
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
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· 14 ratings · 272 pages · Published: 01 Oct 2015
1940. The train is under attacks from German fighters. In the darkness, sheltering in a railway tunnel, the stranger in the carriage with Barney and his mother tells them a story to pass the time.
And what a story. The story of a young man, a young soldier in the trenches of World War I who, on the spur of the moment, had done what he thought was the right thing.
It turned out to have been the worst mistake he ever could have made – a mistake he must put right before it is too late…
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