The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories vs War Game: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: World War I, World War, War, Children's fiction, Fiction
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…
War Game
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Based on a true account of a soccer game played between the German and English troops in no-man's land on Christmas Day in 1914 during World War I, this book tells the story of four young men who have recently enlisted…
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The verdict
- Readers rate War Game highest: War Game 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
| The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories | War Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.3 (14) | — |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
Reception
| The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories | War Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 14 | 1 |
| Editions | 4 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 25 | — |
| Written reviews | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 523 |
| Pages | — | 76 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories or War Game?
War Game has the higher combined reader rating across sources (War Game 3.9/5, The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories 3.6/5).
Which is harder to read: The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories or War Game?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Ghost Of The Trenches And Other Stories: Light; War Game: Light.