War Horse
A powerful tale of war, redemption, and a hero's journey.Format: 4 CDs, UnabridgedNarrator: TBAIn 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal with a distinctive cross on his nose, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on the Western Front. With his officer, he charges toward the...
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A powerful tale of war, redemption, and a hero's journey.Format: 4 CDs, UnabridgedNarrator: TBAIn 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal with a distinctive cross on his nose, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on the Western Front. With his officer, he charges toward the enemy, witnessing the horror of the battles in France. But even in the desolation of the trenches, Joey's courage touches the soldiers around him and he is able to find warmth and hope. But his heart aches for Albert, the farmer's son he left behind. Will he ever see his true master again?
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780545268851 (0545268850)
Publish date: September 1st 2010
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
Edition language: English
SUMMARYJoey, a beautiful blood-red bay colt, is purchased at an auction out of spite and brought to be a farm horse. There, he develops a relationship with farm boy Albert, a bond that will last even when the two are separated for war. WORLDBUILDINGI’m not into war stories, but I’m less into WWII th...
A powerful read about a horse and his boy.
I've been interested in seeing the movie War Horse since I heard about it. Oh and about the cast: And for other reasons... I realized it was a book and picked it up as an audiobook. It's not a long audiobook, just over four hours. Since I had a lot of driving for work I ended up finishing it ...
bookshelves: wwi, kiddlewinks, play-dramatisation, published-1982, autumn-2010, war, young-adult Recommended for: BBC7 listeners Read on November 14, 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...First World War tale of a boy's extraordinary bond with his horse. Stars Timothy Spall, Brenda Blet...
I listened to this on audio and was listening to this while making my way to a ‘gig’ at Wooster College in Ohio, where I was to draw caricatures. Drawing caricatures for the public requires a certain amount of upbeat interaction, so it might not have been a good time to cry over Joey the War Horse....
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