Ann Jungmann, born in London of refugee parents, trained to be lawyer and worked on an Israeli kibbutz before becoming a writer for children, later founding the company Barn Owl Books. Her many books include Vlad the Drac, the story of a vegetarian vampire. She is a member of Just Peace, Peace Now, and Jews for Justice for Palestinians.

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Can an ethic of protest itself become a creative element in helping to resolve political conflict? What happens in the attempt to move beyond ‘no’ to an exploratory embrace of the unfamiliar? A peace activist travels to Israeli cities, Palestinian villages, and Jewish settlements to meet, listen to and argue with people living on the frontline. The result is an engaged, vivid, honest portrayal of the human realities of two societies locked in corrosive dispute.