SHATTERED: Stories of Children and War

, . . Dell/Laurel-Leaf, $5.99 (166pp) ISBN 978-0-440-23765-5

According to PW , these 12 stories by as many writers are "thought-provoking" as they cover a wide range of settings and conflicts, from the Civil War to WWII to an Afghani girl's story of the Soviet destruction of her village in "Faizabad Harvest, 1980." Ages 12-up. (Nov.)

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