When Elephants Fight: The Lives of Children in Conflict in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Uganda

by Eric Walters

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554693551
• ISBN13: 9781554693559
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher