children and war

"Kenan loves drawing and playing soccer with his friends...Sometimes his parents drive him crazy, but he feels loved and protected until the war ruins everything. Soon, Kenan's family is trapped in their home with little food or water, surrounded by enemies. Ten months later, with help from friends and strangers, they finally make it out of the country alive. But that's only the beginning of their journey"--Provided by publisher.

"A young boy finds solace flying his kite from the rooftop after soldiers take his father and brother away. Without his father and brother, the young boy's life is turned upside down. He and his family have to stay inside, along with everyone else in town. At suppertime, he can't stop looking at the two empty places at the table and his sister can't stop crying. The boy looks out the window and is chilled to see a tank's spotlight searching the park where he plays with his friends. He hears shouts and gunshots and catches sight of someone running in the street -- if only they could fly away, he thinks. Each day the curfew is lifted briefly, and the boy goes to the park to see his friends. One day, inspired by the wind in the trees, he has an idea. Back at home he makes a kite, and that night he flies it from his rooftop, imagining what it can see"--.

Yaya and an ill Tuduo are on the run with Chan, trying to reach Yaya's parents in Hong Kong. Chased by Zhu, pirates, and soldiers, they must rely on each other to survive. As Tuduo tries to recover, a betrayal separates all three of them from each other.

In war-torn Shanghai in 1937, young Yaya and Tuduo escape the gangster Zhu and try to make it to her parents in Hong Kong but they become stranded on a dangerous island. They meet a new friend, Chan, and try to escape.

Provides true accounts of the lives of five children growing up in the midst of war in Sri Lanka, Uganda, Sarajevo, Afghanistan, and the Sudan, and examines the history of each conflict.

"A teenage boy stands outside the Calgary bus station, alone, on a frigid night. He has no winter clothes, no identification, and he speaks little English. His name is Hakim, but who is he, and where did he come from?"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of poems about children's perceptions and experiences of war throughout the world.

Twenty Iraqi children discuss how the War on Terror has affected their lives.

A collection of essays in which the children of Canadian and American soldiers who have been sent to war in Iraq share their feelings on their fathers' experiences and the impact they have had on their family.