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Gr 7-9 This collection of accounts from young people between the ages of 8 and 18 portrays the sapping toll of war on their lives. Instead of looking toward their futures, these kids are watching their backs. Instead of playing games of pick-up ball in the street, they're lobbing rocks at soldier's and dodging tear gas and bullets. Israeli students are pressed into military service. In Palestine, the scanty settlements are overcrowded and unsafe. Each narrative is prefaced with a short historical or personal...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In Ellis's thought-provoking discussion-starter, twenty children talk about their lives; the age range is eight to eighteen, though nearly half are eleven or twelve years old. Most of the profiles are accompanied by small black-and-white photos of the speakers, and additional photos show such things as checkpoints, tanks, and bulldozed homes. Ellis interviewed these children while visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories in 2002. "I asked the children...to tell me about their lives, what mad...Log In or Sign Up to Read More