| Children of War Contributor(s): Ellis, Deborah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0888999089 ISBN-13: 9780888999085 Publisher: Groundwood Books OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - Middle East - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2016498056 |
| Lexile Measure: 820 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.72" W x 8.64" (0.36 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 128272 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The United States and its allies invaded Iraq seven years ago. Today the country is still at war, and no one can claim that true democracy has come. Four million Iraqis have been displaced, and about half of them, unable to flee the country, are now living in remote tent camps without access to schools, health care, or often even food and clean water. In Children of War, a companion title to Off to War: Voices of Soldiers' Children, Deborah Ellis turns her attention to the most tragic victims of the Iraq war -- Iraqi children. She interviews two dozen young people, mostly refugees living in Jordan, but also a few who are trying to build new lives in North America. Their frank and harrowing stories reveal inspiring resilience as the children try to survive the consequences of a war in which they play no part. |