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Hutton, Keely

Soldier Boy

326 pp. | Farrar | June, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-30563-5 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-374-30564-2
(3) YA A harrowing novel about the Ugandan Civil War based on interviews with Ricky Richard Anywar, who, at fourteen, was forced to fight by the Lord's Resistance Army and now assists former child soldiers. Chapters alternate between Anywar's life from 1987–92 and a fictional wounded boy soldier, Samuel, in 2006, who finally learns to accept help in rebuilding his life. Includes an afterword by Anywar.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

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