An updated edition of this 2017 acclaimed book which gives a platform to Palestinian children who share their dreams and fears for themselves and their country.
In Palestine today, a fourth generation of children and young people are growing up experiencing life under occupation. These are children who know only fear when they see an Israeli soldier or come across a roadblock.
This book provides a platform for children and young people, from all over this occupied land, to speak in their own voices about the day-to-day experience of living under occupation. It begins with an explanation of what the occupation means for those living under it, and is followed by the heart of the book: nine sections, each one focusing on one of the places visited by the authors. At the end, there is a timeline showing the main events that led up to the occupation.
As you read their words, you will see that what these young people want is a stable family life, security where they live, the freedom to move around their country, safety and space in which to grow up and dream of a future. They are just like young people everywhere; it is only the circumstances of their lives that are so different.
The young people in this book share with you their hopes and fears for themselves and their country and in so doing lay open their humanity.
Robinson, Anthony: - Anthony Robinson is a full-time writer of books for, about and with children, and a former teacher. He was born in Australia, but now lives in Cambridge, UK, when not travelling for his writing. The main focus of his attention is writing that gives a voice to the voiceless, particularly children. This was the driver for the widely acclaimed and award winning Refugee Diaries series (Frances Lincoln, 2008-2010), and Street Children (Frances Lincoln, 2014). In addition to giving a voice to young Palestinians, Young Palestinians Speak: Living Under Occupation (Interlink, Spring 2017) aims to redress the reporting imbalance surrounding the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. * Annemarie Young is a writer and series editor of non-fiction for older children, and of fiction for young readers. She was a publisher for twenty years at Cambridge University Press before turning to writing. Her first non-fiction project, with Anthony Robinson, was the widely acclaimed and award winning Refugee Diaries, of which she is series editor (Frances Lincoln, 2008-2010). Young Palestinians Speak: Living Under Occupation (Interlink, Spring 2017) is their latest joint project. She is also the author of two books written with Michael Rosen, What is Humanism? and Who Are Refugees and Migrants (Wayland, 2015 and 2016).
Young, Annemarie: - Annemarie Young is a writer and editor of nonfiction for older children and fiction for young readers. She was a publisher for twenty years at Cambridge University Press. She is the editor of the Refugee Diaries series and the author of two books written with Michael Rosen, What is Humanism? and Who Are Refugees and Migrants? in addition to Young Palestinians Speak: Living Under Occupation she co-authored with Anthony Robinson.
