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London, Macmillan Children's Books, 2006.
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| Description |
278pCream spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
From the Crusades to the modern-day Middle East, this collection of compelling new stories explores not only the immediate perils of war but also its long-term legacies. The pity, the cruelty, the courage and the consequences of many different conflicts feature in these stories from Joan Aiken, Eva Ibbotson, Jamila Gavin, Elizabeth Laird, George Layton, and more. From the Crusades to 1970's Beirut, to the Falklands, many aspects of war are explored in a collection of work that speaks to young readers.
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| Contents |
Half a man/ Michael Morpurgo
Ex voto/ Geraldine McCaughrean
Waiting for peace/ Michelle Magorian
Real tears/ Celia Rees
Our Italian prisoner/ Nina Bawden
The question mark/ Margaret Mahy
Where there is water, there is life/ Joanna Davidson
American patrol/ Tony Bradman
Not a scratch/ Eleanor Updale
The promise/ George Layton
Hard ship to Egypt/ Robert Westall
The princess spy/ Jamila Gavin
Albert's cap/ Joan Aiken
A place on the piano/ Eva Ibbotson
Leila's nightmare/ Elizabeth Laird
About the authors
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| Standard Number |
0330433334 Pb.
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