As bullets ring and bombs are dropped, children watch—mostly from the sidelines, but occasionally in the direct line of fire. Unaware of the ...
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Jan 17, 2012
Alicia
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A diverse collection of short stories about war and the effects and interpretations kids pull from current events of their time period. Between what parents think is best for their children's safety and best for their beliefs, children are usually in the middle. It was a nice, solid collection of stories from both the United States and abroad, touching on the most widely known or understood. I enjoyed the scrolling statistic at the bottom and read it before reading the selection in order to get
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Jan 27, 2010
Joanne
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I read this for our book club this month. I started reading another one and just couldn't handle it. This one grabbed me from the first page. Each story is about children and how they face an aspect of war. Running a long the bottom of each page is a bold line of text connecting the story to a historical fact about the war. I always had to shuffle through all the pages to read the fact before I started the story. What a clever idea. I really enjoyed this book. I read a lot of this book wh
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Dec 15, 2011
Lori
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This book wasn't quite what I expected, but it was interesting to read. Instead of taking the dramatic stance of all the stories having to do with children directly affected by war, like having to fight in it themselves or dealing with actual combat, a lot of the stories dealt with the indirect effects of war. Most of the stories were actually based in the United States, which was not what I expected, and one story was even based on a mom, who was a librarian, who was accused of being a Commun
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Apr 29, 2009
Kristin
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Lots of different stories about war told from a variety of perspectives. Some of the authors are writing from ideas they got from family that experiences these wars. They don't all have happy endings, but they do a great job of showing perspective. The author wanted to do this book because she says that people avoid talking about war with children, but even though they won't talk about it, it still affects children in a serious way.
Mar 29, 2011
Christina
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This is a great book for young adults about war. This book will make them realize that war does not influence just the men and women in the military..War influences the children of those in the military, and every person in this world, whether we know it or not.
Nov 21, 2008
Lindsey
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Armstrong presents a collection of short stories about war and the effects of war on the family. I am not so much a fan of the stories. The stories are a little long for my taste without a whole lot of climax or drama in the ones I read.
Jan 14, 2010
Carol
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Top YA authors. Each story with an historical fact actross the bottom of the pages. Many different takes on many different wars.
Nov 29, 2008
Alyssa
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wonderful, heart-breaking collection of stories. children and war don't go together and that is why everyone should read this- maybe more people will realize the true cost
May 04, 2008
Charlie
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They are not children anymore but their recollections are vivid. However there is a lot out there to read now and I think this will not be one that sticks out in my mind as poignant as each testimony is. Sad to say with this genre, that a great many people also have conned the public in this wave of publishing. I'm not saying these people have...but one has to be wary of the sources.
Feb 20, 2008
Sella
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this is another sad book. it's a bunch of short stories about children's true experiences in war piled together in one book. reading all these accounts made me feel sometimes angry that they had to go through what they went through and sometimes sad and pitiful of the losses they suffered. if you care about that, read it.
Oct 07, 2008
Buzzword
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Piercing short stories from a variety of outstanding authors all around the topic of war and its effects on individuals.
Classroom Uses: Shared reading
Various reading levels
Classroom Uses: Shared reading
Various reading levels
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