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The eleventh hour / Jacques Goldstyn ; translated by Anne Louise Mahoney.
Jules and Jim are best friends. They play together. They go to school together. They grow up together. Through it all, Jim is always a little ahead of Jules-a little faster, a little stronger. So, when Canada goes to war against Germany in 1914, Jim is the first to volunteer, but Jules is right behind him. They fight together. They battle the cold and the mud of the trenches together. But in the end, only one of them will see the Armistice begin at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. A poignant tale of friendship, The Eleventh Hour is also a story about life, death, and the horrors and futility of war.
Record details
- ISBN: 1771473487
- ISBN: 9781771473484
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
- Publisher: Toronto : Owlkids Books, 2018.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Translation of: Jules et Jim, frères d'armes. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 19.95 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Male friendship > Juvenile fiction. World War, 1914-1918 > Juvenile fiction. Canada > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | STO JP Golds | 31681020090874 | PICTURE | Reshelving | - |
- Perseus Publishing
<b>A First World War story of friendship to mark the hundredth anniversary of the Armistice</b> - Perseus Publishing
Jim and Jules are childhood friends, born on the same day in the same village. All their lives, Jim has been first â born two minutes before Jules, always faster, always stronger. When the First World War breaks out in Europe, the two young men enlist in the fight with 30,000 other Canadians.<br><br>On the Front, conditions arenât epic and glorious but muddy and barbaric. Here, too, Jim is the first to attack. Jules is always two minutes behind: lagging in drills, missing the boat, handed chores instead of honors. On November 11, 1918, Jim and Jules are sent out to fight one last time. Jim, always first over the top of the trench, is shot and dies at 10:58am, two minutes before the Armistice takes effect at 11:00am.<br><br>Illustrated by political cartoonist and <i>Letters to a Prisoner</i> author Jacques Goldstyn and inspired by true events, this picture book is a simple, poignant, thought-provoking story to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Armistice in 2018.
