Presents twelve short stories about the experiences of young children and teenagers in war, showing a variety of perspectives, and provides factual notes on each conflict dramatized.

The second day / by Ibtisam Barakat -- Shattered / by Marilyn Singer -- Bad day for baseball / by Graham Salisbury -- I'll see you when this war is over / by M.E. Kerr -- Golpe de estado / by Dian Curtis Regan -- Snap, crackle, pop / by Lois Metzger -- Things happen / by Lisa Rowe Fraustino -- Faizabad harvest, 1980 / by Suzanne Fisher Staples -- Sounds of thunder / by Joseph Bruchac -- Witness / by Jennifer Armstrong -- War is swell / by David Lubar -- Hope / by Gloria D. Miklowitz.