First published 2005 by Macmillan Children’s Books as War: Stories of Conflict
This edition published 2020 by Macmillan Children’s Books
This electronic edition published 2020 by Macmillan Children’s Books
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ISBN 978-1-5290-5203-9
This collection copyright © Michael Morpurgo 2005
‘Half a Man’ copyright © Michael Morpurgo 2005
‘Ex Voto’ copyright © Geraldine McCaughrean 2005
‘Waiting for Peace’ copyright © Michelle Magorian 2005
‘Real Tears’ copyright © Celia Rees 2005
‘Our Italian Prisoner’ copyright © Nina Bawden 2005
‘The Question Mark’ copyright © Margaret Mahy 2005
‘Where There Is Water, There Is Life’ copyright © Joanna Davidson 2005
‘American Patrol’ copyright © Tony Bradman 2005
‘Not a Scratch’ copyright © Eleanor Updale 2005
‘The Promise’ copyright © George Layton 2005
‘Hard Ship to Egypt’ copyright © The Estate of Robert Westall 2005
‘The Princess Spy’ copyright © Jamila Gavin 2005
‘Albert’s Cap’ copyright © Joan Aiken Enterprises 2005
‘A Place on the Piano’ copyright © Eva Ibbotson 2005
‘Leila’s Nightmare’ copyright © Elizabeth Laird 2005
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