Lord of the Nutcracker Men

Currently reading. What an interesting way to look at the World War I. From the homefront of a young man whose father goes to war. and the people he interacts with. The author compares WWI w/Homer's "Illiad". What a comparsion. He also discusses a British poet w/"might had deserted" and gave reference to......more

Was an alright book. But it got boring to me... I found it interesting at the start of the book but the excitement dropped. Half way through the book it got more exciting, like as all the ghostly things started to happen. That really made me want to read on and on but still got bored (Was my favorit......more

It was a pretty dandy book if I do say so myself. It had great story and a creative way of purveying information of the war. It's characters are very unique indeed and the way they interact with each other makes them seem more real. A nitpick I do have though is that the ending was a bit rushed and......more

I was looking for a new historical fiction book told from a male perspective to add to my classroom library. This one was recommended to me and did not disappoint! I feel like so much interest is put on World War II and the Holocaust that there are not as many options for World War I books. The stor......more

The Lord of the nutcracker Men is a story set back in the First World War. It's about a young boy called Johnny who's being effected by the war (his dads out in the front, his mother sent him away ect.) I really liked how the character Murdoch had escaped the war and I thought that was a really cool......more