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Dark Terror Paperback - 2015

by John Wilson


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Alec Shorecross is 14 and has already left school to work in the local mine. He's paid 13 cents an hour to toil in the underground darkness. When war breaks out, Alec ships overseas in search of a different life and a way to contribute. He dreams of doing something heroic but soon Alec finds himself underground again. While soldiers and aircraft engage in battles on the ground and in the sky, down, deep below the surface Alec joins the invisible crew of combatants who risk their lives building tunnels so that they can place mines beneath enemy territory. This dramatic and realistic story shows us a little-known side of war and the role of one brave and determined young man.

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  • Title Dark Terror
  • Author John Wilson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Doubleday Canada, Canada
  • Date 2015
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780385678322 / 0385678320
  • Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.19 x 5.47 x 0.64 in (20.80 x 13.89 x 1.63 cm)
  • Ages 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Boys
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

A self-proclaimed history addict, JOHN WILSON writes historical fiction and non-fiction for kids, teens and adults. He is the author of 31 books, 300 articles and essays, 30 poems and hundreds of book reviews. Wilson tours schools across Canada talking to kids of all ages about his writing, research and books. He lives in Lantzville on Vancouver Island.
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"Dark Terror is part adventure and part history, with just a touch of romance. It's a fast-moving, gripping take on a little-explored side of the [First World] war effort." CBRIn June 1915, young Alex Shorecross is trapped by a cave-in at a copper mine in Newfoundland. Facing possible death for a mere 13 cents an hour, Alec swears that if he survives he will find a different direction in his life. Unfortunately, options are limited and he is swept up in the naive enthusiasm for the possibilities of adventure in the First World War. In an ironic twist, his mining background lands him in a tunnelling company, working deep below the fighting in France. As his comrades push tunnels out beneath the enemy trenches and pack underground rooms full of explosives, it is Alec's job to listen for enemy activity that might bury them all forever under the Flanders' battlefields."Wilson ably evokes the claustrophobic, dark terror of the underground wand the coming of age of young men amid the battles…A fascinating… Read More
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