{"product_id":"0143014714-charlie_wilcoxs_great_war","title":"Charlie Wilcox's Great War","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1918. Charlie Wilcox, now 17 years old, tall, broad and mature beyond his years, returns home to Brigus, Newfoundland. He is a man now, his childhood left behind on the battlefields of France and Belgium. And he is burdened by a secret, one he fears will inflict terrible grief on the village and people he loves—people who have already suffered so much because of the Great War. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWaiting for him are his parents, Sam and Lucy Wilcox, and old friends Lily Mackenzie and Mac Daniels. We meet new characters, too: Helena, a beguiling beauty with chocolate eyes; Tom, a stretcher bearer, hardened by his years in the trenches; and Frank, a mischievous prankster.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThen there is Claire. The girl he left had eyes like pies and a face like an egg. But the young woman before him is a beauty—and she is angry. Why? She asks. Why did Charlie stay away so long? And why did so many have to die? Claire, like the rest of Brigus, wants answers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Charlie Wilcox's Great War is the unforgettable story of a boy's quest to find his courage and fulfil his destiny—a destiny hard-won on the great battlefields of Europe. But was the cost too high?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Penguin Canada","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":47688360951998,"sku":"0143014714-4","price":16.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/41tvjR4cjyL._SL500.jpg?v=1781879949","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0143014714-charlie_wilcoxs_great_war","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}