類型：Original Fiction: Historical fiction（原著小說：歷史故事）
「也許我們應該跟去打仗，沒別的好說，」佛萊迪發表。
「我可以想像你在軍隊裡，佛萊迪，」一群朋友裡有一個出聲了，「然後敵人拿槍出來指著你前，你就舉手投降了，」一群人都哈哈大笑了起來。
西元一九三六年，歐洲正值戰爭爆發之際，佛萊迪這英國勞工階級男孩覺得人生該有些刺激；所以當他看到西班牙在徵外籍義務兵，他就下定了決心。
The new graded readers series of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers.
It is 1936 and Europe is on the road to war. Freddie is a working-class English boy who is desperate for more excitement in his life. When he reads about foreign volunteers heading to the war in Spain, he knows what he must do.
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