Sequel to Peace Breaks Out. Written for children ages 14 to 17. Paperback novel. Some fading around the edges and an old sticker on the front cover, otherwise in brand-new condition. Book Synopsis: Gene was a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas was a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happened between them at school one summer during the early years of World War II is the subject of A Separate Peace. A great bestseller for over twenty years — one of the most starkly moving parables ever written of the dark forces that brood over the tortured world of adolescence.