!Check This!front matter). (12 up). Nonfiction, Autobiography, Anthology. These fourteen diary entries, some published for the first time, trace what it has been like growing up in the middle of war. Diarists are from across the globe, including Russia, Germany, Sinapore, Palestine, and Israel, among others. Readers view the brutality, horrors, and injustice of war through the eyes of innocent young people, most of whom did not survive. In the words of editor Melanie Challenger: “These diaries are the fingerprints of flesh, the traces of those hands that dared to hold a pen in wartime” (xxiii). chs

From the author of the international bestseller Zlata’s Diary comes a haunting testament to war’s brutality.

Zlata Filipovic´’s diary of her harrowing war experiences in the Balkans, published in 1993, made her a globally recognized spokesperson for children affected by conflict. In Stolen Voices, she and co-editor Melanie Challenger have gathered fifteen diaries of young people coping with war, from World War I to the struggle in Iraq that continues today. A profoundly affecting look at shattered youth and the gritty particulars of war in the tradition of Anne Frank, this extraordinary collection – the first of its kind – is sure to leave a lasting impression on young and old readers alike.