When Elephants Fight
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. This ancient proverb of the Kikuyu people, a tribal group in Kenya, Africa, is as true today as when the words were first spoken, perhaps thousands of years ago. Its essence is simplicity-when the large fight, it is the small who suffer most. And when it comes to war, the smallest, the most vulnerable, are the children. When Elephants Fight presents the stories of five children-Annu, Jimmy, Nadja, Farooq and Toma-from five very different and distinct conflicts-Sri Lanka, Uganda, Sarajevo, Afghanistan and the Sudan. Along with these very personal accounts, the book also offers brief analyses…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Bradbury, Adrian (Urheb.)
- ISBN: 978-1-55469-777-9
- EAN: 9781554697779
- Produktnummer: 27918470
- Verlag: Orca Book Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 96 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'054 KB
Über den Autor
Eric Walters began writing as a way to get his fifth-grade students interested in reading and writing. A Member of the Order of Canada, he has now published more than 100 novels and picture books. He is a tireless presenter, speaking to over 100,000 students per year in schools across the country. He lives in Guelph, Ontario.
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