Secret Soldiers -

Keely Hutton

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

2019

288 páginas

9h 36m

ISBN-10: 0374309035

Over a quarter million underage British boys fought on the Allied front lines of the Great War, but not all of them fought on the battlefield―some fought beneath it.

This gripping middle grade military adventure follows the journey of Thomas, a thirteen-year-old coal miner, who lies about his age to join the Claykickers, a specialized crew of soldiers known as “tunnelers,” in hopes of finding his missing older brother. Thomas works in the tunnels of the Western Front alongside three other soldier boys whose constant bickering and inexperience in mining may prove more lethal than the enemy digging toward them. But as they burrow deeper beneath the battlefield, the boys discover the men they hope to become and forge a bond of brotherhood. Tunnel Rats is another stunning story of strength, perseverance, and love from Keely Hutton.