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➢ War Stories by acclaimed children's author, Gordon Korman is a novel that explores the theme of war through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy, Trevor Firestone and also through the experiences of a seventeen-year-old soldier.

Similes are comparisons that use the word "like" or "as". For example, "I slept like a log last night" is a simile.
A metaphor is a comparison that does not use "like" or "as". For example, "He is a bull when he plays football" is a metaphor.
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