Lord of the Nutcracker Men (Cascades) - Tapa dura

Ten-year-old Johnny loves the army of nutcracker soldiers his father whittles for him. He eagerly plays at war, demolishing imaginary foes. But in 1914, war with Germany looms, and all too soon Johnny's father is swept up in the war to end all wars as he enlists to fight at the front in France.

Iain Lawrence was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, the second of four children. He studied journalism in Vancouver and went to work for the Prince Rupert Daily News. Eighteen years later, he went to work on a fish farm before he started writing full-time. He learned to sail at the age of nine, and ashe grew up, boating became a huge part of his life. He lives with his long-time partner Kristin and dog Skipper on a remote radio-transmission site on anisland off Prince Rupert, British Columbia.