Synopses & Reviews
In this moving picture book, award-winning collaborators Davide Cali and Serge Bloch present a fable for our time about two lonely soldiers facing each other across a barren battlefield. What each discovers, as the story unfolds, is that the enemy is not a faceless beast, but rather a real person with family, friends, and dreams.
About the Author
Davide Cali is the author of 12 illustrated books for adults and children, including
I Cant Wait (illustrated by Serge Bloch), which was an ALA Batchelder Honor Book and also received Frances Baobab Award for Best Childrens Book of the Year. He lives in Genoa, Italy.
Serge Bloch is an artist whose work appears regularly in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times, He recently received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators, the ALA Batchelder Honor Award, and Frances Baobab Award for the book he created with Davide Cali, I Cant Wait. He lives in New York, New York.