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Gr 6-9 In the fall of 2007, Ellis visited Jordan in an attempt to bring attention to the plight of adolescent Iraqi refugees. The resulting book is a collection of heartrending entries based on interviews with displaced kids between the ages 8 and 19. Though young in years, these individuals have suffered through more death, destruction, and violence than most people endure in a lifetime. Their voices run the gamut from sa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In this look at young lives shattered by the Iraq War, Iraqi refugees (most living in Jordan) ranging in age from eight to n...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

“One of my dreams is to become very educated and very capable and to someday establish some sort of organization to take care of children who have suffered in war. Many have suffered much more than I have, but I have some understanding of what they go through, how they feel their world is taken from them.” So says sixteen-year-old Hibba, who left Iraq with her family after a group of masked men came to their home and threatened them. Her father...Log In or Sign Up to Read More