A superb collection of new stories from acclaimed childrens writers, compiled by former Childrens Laureate Michael Morpurgo. The pity, the cruelty, the courage and the consequences of many different conflicts feature in brand-new stories from Joan Aiken, Eva Ibbotson, Jamila Gavin, Elizabeth Laird, George Layton, Geraldine McCaughrean, Margaret Mahy, Michelle Magorian, Michael Morpurgo, Eleanor Updale, Celia Rees, and other top childrens authors. From the Crusades to 1970s Beirut, to the Falklands, many aspects of war are explored in a collection of work that speaks powerfully to todays young readers.