Soldier boy
Follows Ricky from 1987-1991, and Samuel in 2006, as they are abducted to serve as child-soldiers in Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. Includes historical notes and information about Friends of Orphans, an organization founded by Ricky Richard Anywar, on whose life the story is partly...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar Straus Giroux,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Follows Ricky from 1987-1991, and Samuel in 2006, as they are abducted to serve as child-soldiers in Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. Includes historical notes and information about Friends of Orphans, an organization founded by Ricky Richard Anywar, on whose life the story is partly based. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 326 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780374305635 0374305633 |
| Author Notes: | Keely Hutton is a children's book author and former English teacher. She worked closely with Ricky Richard Anywar to tell his story in her debut novel, Soldier Boy , which Booklist named one of the top ten first novels of the year and one of the top ten historical novels for youth the following year. Her second novel, Secret Soldiers , was a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year and a Children's Book Council Notable Social Studies Book for Young People. She is also the co-author of Achut Deng's coming-of-age memoir Don't Look Back, which recounts Deng's journey from South Sudan to America . Keely lives in Rochester, New York, with her husband, two sons, and adorable dog, Maximus. |
