Michel Chikwanine

I liked this book, but I have some mixed feelings. Overall, I found it way more engaging than I expected, and it is an incredibly important story to tell. The end felt a little rushed to me, which undercut the excellence of what had come before. I'm also not sure who will pick this up. I think you would have to do some hard selling to get this into a kid's hand. Might be worth it, though.

An important and powerful book -- written with Michel Chikwanine and telling his story, of being abducted as a child and forced to become a soldier. While the subject is horrific, this book handles it with skill and grace, and a message that we all must join together to make this stop.

Pretty impressed with how well they presented this subject to a middle grade audience.