Peace Weavers
by Julia Jarman

Hilde is furious when her peace-campaigner mother sends her to live with her father on a USAF base. Refusing to go to school, she joins an archaeological dig (“not really her scene”) where she meets Friedman (“definitely not her type”). He’s the son of an American fighter pilot. War with Iraq looks inevitable, but Hilde feels that protesting is futile. That is, until she steals a gold brooch from the grave of a sixth-century woman – a peace weaver – and suddenly, her feelings begin to change.

ISBN: 9780439977715. Paperback. £4.99