War Is... soldiers, survivors, and storytellers talk about war

By Nurul

I am reading a book called War is... soldiers, survivors and story tellers talk about war. This book is edited by Marc Aronson and Patty Campbell. In this non-fiction book people who are involved in the war or are telling the story of war is telling about what happens in the war, such as telling information about how to survive the war and other things. 

The summary of this book is that Soldiers should know how to shoot people, how to be ready for war and being safe from war. The 2 words in the book that are unknown for me are ambush and shrapnel. 

The definition of ambush:

Noun: A surprised attack by a person, waiting in a place where they are concealed. 

Verb: Making a surprised attack to a person from a place where they are concealed. 

Example #1: One of my teammate got ambushed and was sent to the enemy's prison.
Example #2: I ambushed a soldier in the right time.

The definition of shrapnel:
Noun: pieces of a bomb, shell or other objects thrown out by an explosion.
Example #1: There were shrapnel after it was dropped by the air force.
Example #2: Explorers took shrapnel to observe what they were made of.