Archie's War

Marcia Williams captures the Great War through a child’s eyes with a fascinating fictional scrapbook including real mementos of the day.

Meet ten-year-old Archie, his family, and best friend in a scrapbook Archie has made himself, full of comic strips and plenty of other memorabilia. The year is 1914, and as the Great War begins, Archie’s scrapbook reflects the war’s impact on his life and on those who write back from the front. Marcia Williams retains her humor and energy as she employs a new collage style to present an intimate and compelling view of the First World War and its era."The idiom, setting and details may be British, but young Americans will have no trouble drawing parallels between WWI and the present situation." —Kirkus ReviewsMarcia Williams, like Archie, was crazy about comics as a child. She has retold many classic tales in her own signature comic-book style, including those of Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Dickens, and is the author-illustrator of God and His Creations and Hooray for Inventors! She lives in London.My Scrapbook of the First World War 1914-1918, by me, Archie Albright, Aged 10 Years