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The moving story of two brothers who fought in the First World War through the real letters, complete with hand-drawn cartoons, they sent to their sisters. Like so many families across the world, the Semple family were split apart by the First World War. While William and Robert were fighting the Germans in France, their younger sisters, Mabel and Jelly (Eileen), had to carry on with school back in England. To keep in touch, they wrote letters. The sisters treasured these letters, which gave snapshots of their brothers' lives as soldiers. Many of the letters included cartoon illustrations to amuse the sisters. The book presents these letters with their illustrations. After each letter the author has written a short commentary, drawing out the facts about the war that can be taken from it. Altogether the book is a powerful and moving record of one family's experience of the First World War.

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Book category Books in English Children's, Teenage & educational Children's / Teenage: general non-fiction People & places (Children's / Teenage)

• Full title: Dear Jelly: Family Letters from the First World War
• Author: Sarah Ridley
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• EAN: 9781445128177
• ISBN: 1445128179
• ID: 02088876
• Publisher: Hachette Children's Book
• Weight: 100 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 133 × 8 mm
• Date of publishing: 02. January 2014

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