June Book of the Month

Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees
by: Deborah Ellis

This book is a collection of accounts and experiences that the children of Iraq have had with war, from the brutal rule of Saddam Hussein to the U.S. invasion. Most of the children are living as foreigners in other countries, such as Jordan and Canada. Some have opinions about Saddam and the U.S. and others do not, but all of them have graphic stories to contribute. This is an important insight to the lives of children who have the gravely unfortunate experience of growing up in a war-torn country and then being forced to live as refugees in different and unfamiliar places.