In 1970, when the Jordanian civil war known as Black September began, U.P.I. correspondent Wilborn Hampton was sent to report on unfolding events. Holed up in the InterContinental Hotel and caught in the crossfire, he managed to get the story out. Three years later, dispatched to Israel to cover the Yom Kippur War, the reporter took it on himself to drive to the front lines.

Related: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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• ISBN: 9780763624934
• Author: Hampton, Wilborn
• Illustrator: Various
• Published: 2007, Candlewick
• Themes: Conflict, War
• Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
• No. of pages: 128