TY - BOOK AU - Morpurgo, Michael, AU - Foreman, Michael, TI - An eagle in the snow SN - 9780008134150 (Hardback) U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2015///. CY - London : PB - HarperCollins Children's Books, KW - Tandey, Henry, KW - Hitler, Adolf, KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Campaigns KW - France KW - Fiction KW - Participation, British KW - Soldiers KW - Great Britain KW - Mothers and sons KW - Railroad travel KW - Reminiscing in old age KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Primary, intermediate; National Library of New Zealand N2 - A train is under attacks from German fighters. In the darkness, sheltering in a railway tunnel, the stranger in the carriage with Barney and his mother tells them a story to pass the time. The story of a young man, a young soldier in the trenches of World War I who, on the spur of the moment, had done what he thought was the right thing. It turned out to have been the worst mistake he ever could have made - a mistake he must put right before it is too late. First person recount ER -