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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Children of war	Muttukrishna Sarvananthan	Available for purchase at http://pointpedro.org	OL10191281W
How the soldier repairs the gramophone	Sasa Stanisic	Fleeing the violence and destruction of his native Bosnia with his family for safety in Germany, Aleksandar Krsmanoviæ remains haunted by the past and his memories of Asija, the mysterious girl he ha…	OL13476942W
House of dolls	Francesca Lia Block	In a little house from another time, with lace curtains in every window and paintings hung in gold doily frames, Wildflower, Rockstar, and Miss Selene live a warm and cozy life. They wear fancy dress…	OL14925040W
Children of the World War II home front	Sylvia Whitman	Explores the experiences of children living in the United States during World War II, including writing V-mail to soldiers, participating in air raid drills, planting Victory Gardens, buying stamps f…	OL15215576W
Off to War	Deborah Ellis	Society of School Librarians International Honor Book Deborah Ellis has been widely praised for her gripping books portraying the plight of children in war-torn countries. Now she turns her atte…	OL17650584W
Nebelkinder	Sabine Bode,Roswitha Schieb,Joachim Süss,Andreas Bohnenstengel,Schneider Michael,Alexandra Senfft	Anthologie mit Beiträgen führender Vertreter der Genertion "Kriegsenkel" (Verlagsangabe)	OL17747125W
Thirty girls	Susan Minot	Esther is a Ugandan teenager abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army and forced to witness and commit unspeakable atrocities, who is struggling to survive, to escape, and to find a way to live with wh…	OL19981939W
The banana-leaf ball	Katie Smith Milway	Based on a true story, Katie Smith Milway's inspiring tale shows how a desperate situation can be improved by finding common ground through play. It provides a perfect starting point for discussing t…	OL20050943W
The Color of Grace	Bethany Haley Williams	"Pain and hopelessness are the common ground shared between two vastly different cultures--a middle-class white woman in rural America and war-ravaged children in Africa--as author Bethany Haley shar…	OL20477649W
SOS enfants du monde	Donald Grant	Trois récits de vie narrant le difficile quotidien des enfants travailleurs de l'Inde, de l'Ouganda et du Pérou. Ainsi, on découvre que Talika, qui fabrique des briques afin de subvenir à ses besoins…	OL26198234W
Une petite bouteille jaune	Angèle Delaunois	"Je l'ai reconnue une seconde trop tard. Mon ami avait ramassé une petite bouteille jaune, à moitié cachée ans l'herbe. Un joli objet allongé qui brillait comme de l'or dans la lumière du soleil." Po…	OL26436685W
Little brother	Allan Baillie	Vithy becomes separated from his brother Mang as they make a desperate escape from soldiers fighting in Cambodia. His efforts to find his brother bring him into contact with grave danger as well as w…	OL27303032W
Fragile delivery	Phillip R. Wise	"Fragile Delivery: The Operation Babylift Crash is about the horrible C-5A Galaxy Crash as it was attempting to airlift orphans out of Vietnam on April 4,1975. It is the story of the life of survivin…	OL28597900W
Children of war	Nikolaĭ Zi͡atʹkov,Andrew Bromfield,A. R. Hippisley,Rose France	"... Gathered together all the surviving diaries written by Russian children during the Second World War that it has been possible to find, and now, for the first time in seventy years, the [sic] the…	OL29229933W
Children and armed conflict	International Bureau for Children's Rights	"The International Bureau for Children's Rights produced this Guide for the benefit of the communities of practice working on children and armed conflict."--Back cover.	OL31212132W
Behold, I shine	Freny Manecksha	"Set in the once-fabled land of Kashmir, Behold, I Shine moves beyond male voices and focuses, instead, on what the struggle means for the Valley's women and children--those whose husbands remain unt…	OL32566631W
First kill your family	Peter H. Eichstaedt	Describes the experiences of children kidnapped into service for the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda, in which boys are required to complete brutal initiations--murdering their parents, friends, and…	OL3463992W
Amina's blanket	Helen Dunmore	After helping to knit and sew together the squares of a blanket to be sent to a country at war, Josie dreams of what life is like for the girl who will receive the blanket as a gift from Josie's clas…	OL56606W
The impact of war on children	Graça Machel	"The impact of armed conflict on children is devastating and total. War wounds children's bodies and destroys their spirit. Using examples from around the world, this book analyses the special vulner…	OL5982335W
Power games in war and peace	Harendra De Silva	On the social conditions of Sri Lankan children as an aftermath of the political instability post 1994.	OL6052026W