War+Brothers

This is a fiction, written by Sharon E. McKay. This book is about child soldiers in Uganda. A 13 year old boy, Jacob, and all the students in his school was kidnapped by the Lord’s Resistance Army ( LRA) at school, and saw the life of child soldiers. In the story there aren’t any wars. The wars for the child soldiers in this story are to attack the villages to get food, water, animals, and children. The child soldiers have to march endlessly through rough terrain. Jacob only attacked once. Because Jacob’s father is a really rich landowner, when he knew his son was kidnapped at school he wanted to do a trade with the leader of LRA, Kony. But the trade failed, so Jacob is no longer in use. In order to survive, he and his best friend decided to fight. Only soldiers can eat full, others only get little food or water. He met the boy he helped once, Oteka, and they also met a very nice girl Hannah. They then decided to escape, because the commander will kill him and his friends soon. Jacob and his friends form a plan to make their escape. This is a very touching book; I could feel the danger around me while I was reading it. A great book!
 * War Brothers **