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When Elephants Fight

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ISBN-10: 1554693551

ISBN-13: 9781554693559

Edition: 2008

Authors: Eric Walters, Adrian Bradbury

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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 Fightpresents 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 of the history and geopolitical issues that are the…    
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Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Publication date: 2/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550

<p <strong Eric Walters</strong began writing in 1993 as a way to entice his grade-five students into becoming more interested in reading and writing. At the end of the year, one student suggested that he try to have his story published. Since that first creation, Eric has published more than seventy novels. Often his stories incorporate themes that reflect his background in education and social work and his commitment to humanitarian and social-justice issues. He is a tireless presenter, speaking to more than seventy thousand students per year in schools across the country. Eric is a father of three and lives in Mississauga, Ontario, with his wife, Anita. For more information,…    

There has never been a war fought that was started by children-or one that failed to harm them
Children are the grass beneath the feet of the men, the tribes, the armies and the nations engaged in armed conflict
Regardless of the winner-and there is a strong case to be made that war produces no winners-the children always suffer