War Stories, Gordon Korman
War Stories, Gordon Korman
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War Stories

Author: Gordon Korman

Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross

Unabridged: 6 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/21/2020


Synopsis

A story of telling truth from lies—and finding out what being a hero really means.

There are two things Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games, and his great-grandfather Jacob, who is a true-blue, bona fide war hero. At the height of the war, Jacob helped liberate a small French village, and was given a hero's welcome upon his return to America.

Now it's decades later, and Jacob wants to retrace the steps he took during the war—from training to invasion to the village he is said to have saved. Trevor thinks this is the coolest idea ever. But as they get to the village, Trevor discovers there's more to the story than what he's heard his whole life,
causing him to wonder about his great-grandfather's heroism, the truth about the battle he fought, and importance of genuine valor.

About Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman published his first book at age fourteen and since then has written more than one hundred middle grade and teen novels. Favorites include the New York Times bestselling Ungifted, Supergifted, The Superteacher Project, The Unteachables, Pop, Notorious, Unplugged, Operation Do-Over, Slugfest, and the Masterminds series. Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York. You can visit him online at gordonkorman.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Panda

This middle grade novel is set in an alternate universe where COVID-19 never happens. The main character travels to France with his father and great-grandfather, G.G., for a celebration and medal ceremony in the French town that G.G. helped liberate at the end of the war. The author headed all of th......more

Goodreads review by Darla

Worried about the young person in your life who is obsessed with WW II? Do they play too many war video games, in your opinion? This is the perfect book to share with them. Trevor Firestone idolizes his great-grandfather who helped liberate France during WW II. When a trip to France is planned to co......more