My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary
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My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary is the Bosnian War
diary of speaker and peace activist Nadja Halilbegovich
. The journal was written when Nadja was between ages 12 and 16 and documents the war and Siege of Sarajevo
from 1992-1995. The diary was was originally published in Bosnian by the humanitarian organization Our Children in two parts: Sarajevsko Djetinjstvo Ratom Ranjeno (Sarajevo Childhood Wounded by War) in 1994 and Sarajevsko Djetinjstvo Ratom Ranjeno: Drugi Dio (Sarajevo Childhood Wounded by War: Part 2) in 1998. The abridged diary was published in English under the current title by Kids Can Press
in the U.S. and Canada in 2006. It has also been published in French in 2007 and Indonesian in 2008. The book chronicles four years of war seen through the eyes of a child and teenager.
The book is also popular as a school text and excerpted in the book Elements of Literature, Second Course.
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...
diary of speaker and peace activist Nadja Halilbegovich
Nadja Halilbegovich
Nadja Halilbegovich is an author, speaker and survivor of Bosnian War and the Siege of Sarajevo. -Childhood:Before the war, Halilbegovich sang and played guitar with Palcici, Sarajevo's internationally-known children's choir. The war broke out when she was 12. She was wounded by a bombshell during...
. The journal was written when Nadja was between ages 12 and 16 and documents the war and Siege of Sarajevo
Siege of Sarajevo
The Siege of Sarajevo is the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. Serb forces of the Republika Srpska and the Yugoslav People's Army besieged Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 during the Bosnian War.After Bosnia...
from 1992-1995. The diary was was originally published in Bosnian by the humanitarian organization Our Children in two parts: Sarajevsko Djetinjstvo Ratom Ranjeno (Sarajevo Childhood Wounded by War) in 1994 and Sarajevsko Djetinjstvo Ratom Ranjeno: Drugi Dio (Sarajevo Childhood Wounded by War: Part 2) in 1998. The abridged diary was published in English under the current title by Kids Can Press
Kids Can Press
Kids Can Press is Canada's largest children’s book publisher, started in 1973 by a small group of women in Toronto who wanted to produce books for Canadian children....
in the U.S. and Canada in 2006. It has also been published in French in 2007 and Indonesian in 2008. The book chronicles four years of war seen through the eyes of a child and teenager.
Awards
My Childhood Under Fire has received the following recognitions:- Winner of Books for the Teen Age List from the New York Public Library 2007
- Best Book Award in Social Studies by the Society of School Librarians International 2006
- Bronze Medal Winner of the Independent Publisher Book AwardIndependent Publisher Book AwardThe Independent Publisher Book Awards , launched in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to titles published by independent authors and publishers...
2007 - Norma Fleck AwardNorma Fleck AwardThe Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction is a lucrative literary award founded in May 1999 by the Fleck Family Foundation and the Canadian Children's Book Centre, and presented to the year's best non-fiction book for a youth audience...
for Canadian Children's Nonfiction Literature 2006 Nominee - Golden Oak Award of the Ontario Library Association 2007 Nominee
- Information Book Award in Children's Literature from Roundtables of Canada 2007 Nominee
The book is also popular as a school text and excerpted in the book Elements of Literature, Second Course.