pickThis was a fairly harrowing read about child soldiers in Uganda, adapted from the writer's YA book of the same name. While it's a fictionalised account, it's closely researched and endorsed by Amnesty International.
The circumstances of the book are realistic, and the Lord's Resistance Army headed by Joseph Kony continues its terrorist campaign to establish a Christianist state using kidnapped children as hostages and soldiers 🙁 Powerful 4⭐
pickWar Brothers by Sharon E. McKay is about a boy named Jacob and his experience with Kony and the LRA after being abducted from boarding school in the middle of the night. This graphic novel shows the harrowing choices of children who must make sacrifices to stay alive.
pickDevastating. This is fiction based on reality, and the suffering of these child soldiers at the hands of the Lord‘s Resistance Army is unbearable.
#uganda #readingafrica2022
“There is no shame in closing this book now.”
I‘m heartbroken already and I haven‘t gotten past the introduction. 💔
pickAn emotional punch to the gut, but should be required reading.
War Brothers: The Graphic Novel | 
