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Common sense is the nations leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and. The number of children in armed conflict zones are around 250 million. Having a child by a member of a belligerent force, throughout history and across cultures, is often considered a grave betrayal of social values. War horse is a children s novel by english author michael morpurgo.
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