In Flanders Fields tells the story of a young homesick World War I soldier, who risks his life to cross the no-man’s-land and rescue a robin caught in the barbed wire that separates the opposing forces, dug into their trenches. Although the story takes place in the midst of a long and brutal war, the fighting has paused and no violence is seen. The focus of the book is on the similarity of the soldiers on both sides of the fence.