\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Soldier Boy<\/i><\/b> tells the stories of Samuel and Ricky, both a part of the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army in Uganda, though their stories take place seventeen years apart. Ricky\u2019s story is true, based off of the experiences of Ricky Richard Anywar, who was abducted in 1989 and trained to fight against government troops for two and a half years before escaping. Samuel is fictional, but he represents the stories of real-life child soldiers who escape the LRA and are rehabilitated by organizations like the one Ricky started. <\/p>\n Find this book in our catalog: Soldier Boy<\/a><\/p>\n Call Number:\u00a0YA FIC HUTTON,K<\/p>\n 326 pages<\/p>\n More Recommendations:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" review by\u00a0Sylvie Bower, age 16 Soldier Boy\u00a0by\u00a0Keely Hutton \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Soldier Boy tells the stories of Samuel and Ricky, both a part of the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army in Uganda, though their stories take place seventeen years apart. Ricky\u2019s story is true, based off of the experiences of Ricky Richard Anywar, who was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":4054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-teen-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2017\/09\/soldier-boy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-13m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4152,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2017\/crossing-ebenezer-creek-teen-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":4052,"position":0},"title":"Crossing Ebenezer Creek — Teen Review","author":"Teen Blogger","date":"October 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"review by\u00a0Sylvie Bower, age 16 Crossing Ebenezer Creek\u00a0by\u00a0Tonya Bolden \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Crossing Ebenezer Creek is the story of those who aren\u2019t usually heard of from General Sherman\u2019s March during the Civil War \u2014 former slaves who join up with the march to protect themselves. 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\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Before I started this book, I was wary, as I don\u2019t normally read or enjoy nonfiction. If that\u2019s you, don\u2019t worry – this book does not read like any nonfiction book that I\u2019ve ever read before, as it pulls you in and makes a horrifying, real event into a gripping story. It\u2019s hard to think that anything that occurs in the novel is true, and that makes it that much more powerful, especially since you\u2019re guaranteed to become attached to the two boys and the people who surround them. I really enjoyed how the book centered around Ricky and Samuel, as they had many similarities, such as the fact that they were both abducted into the LRA, but their stories take place in different times and stages. Through Ricky\u2019s perspective, you get a glimpse of the brutality of being an enslaved child soldier, and the acts of violence children both endure and inflict in order to stay alive. Samuel\u2019s story gives you the experience of those who escape from the LRA and other child soldier armies, but also shows that even the darkest times can inspire people to do good, as you see the outcome of Ricky\u2019s story. <\/span>
\n<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I had never heard of the Ugandan Civil War, let alone the LRA before I started this book, and so in addition to drawing me in with its characters, I also benefited from exposure to something that previously wasn\u2019t something I was aware of, which is what I love about reading. In this case, <\/span>Soldier Boy<\/i><\/b> opened my eyes to a war that has torn Uganda and its people apart for the past thirty years. <\/span>
\n<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Although I wouldn\u2019t have picked it up myself, <\/span>Soldier Boy<\/i><\/b> was easily a 4 star read for me, as I thoroughly enjoyed its writing style and was enthralled with reading the stories of two child soldiers, which I\u2019ve never seen before in YA.<\/span><\/p>\n
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