My Brother's Keeper vs The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: World War I, World War, War, Children's fiction, Fiction
My Brother's Keeper
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A novel of the First World War. Alfie signs up for the army aged just 15, carried away by patriotic fervour at the start of the Great War. But life in the trenches is very far from his dreams of glory. It's hard, and…
The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories
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As the Great War raged, and in its aftermath, people created hundreds of legends and stories round it, to speak of the sadness, the heroism, the deaths. Author Helen Watts and storyteller Taffy Thomas bring together…
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The verdict
- Readers rate My Brother's Keeper highest: My Brother's Keeper 3.9 · The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories 3.6.
- The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories has the widest readership — 14 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| My Brother's Keeper | The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.0 (3) | 3.3 (14) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (11) | — |
Reception
| My Brother's Keeper | The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 11 | 14 |
| Editions | 3 | 4 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 25 |
| Written reviews | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 221 | — |
| Pages | 112 | — |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: My Brother's Keeper or The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories?
My Brother's Keeper has the higher combined reader rating across sources (My Brother's Keeper 3.9/5, The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories 3.6/5).
Which is harder to read: My Brother's Keeper or The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — My Brother's Keeper: Light; The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories: Light.