Child soldier: when boys and girls are used in war (CitizenKid)
Canadian fiction, Award winning non-fiction, Biography, War and military biography, Canadian biography, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio
Summary
It's 1993, and the Democratic Republic of Congo is going through major political changes. Five-year-old Michel is playing with friends one day when, without warning, a group of rebel soldiers pulls up to the school grounds. Forced onto trucks, the… frightened boys are taken to a camp in the hills. There they are thrust into a terrifying and violent world. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2017 Red Maple Non-Fiction Award. 2015.