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Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War

Jessica Dee Humphreys, Michel Chikwanine

Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War is a graphic-novel biography by Jessica Dee Humphreys and Michel Chikwanine. It recounts Chikwanine’s kidnapping in the Democratic Republic of Congo at age five. The book also depicts the violence, terror, and hardships of his life as a child soldier. Claudia Dávila illustrated the book, which uses a graphic-novel format for this biographical account.

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Themes
Emotions · War And Conflict
Format
Paperback
ISBN-13
9781445145655
Language
English
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