War Brothers

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This is the graphic novel edition of Sharon McKay s novel set in Uganda, where Joseph Kony s Lord s Resistance Army LRA has, since 1987, abducted up to 30,000 children from their villages and homes for use as soldiers and slaves It is in these nightmarish times that the fates of 5 boys and a girl are entwined Captured from their school by the LRA, the boys wait for rescue only to discover that if they are to survive they must rely on themselves But friendship, courage, and resilience might not be enough to save them Based in part upon interviews with child soldiers in Northern Uganda, War Brothers is a stunning depiction of the human cost of wars fought by children description modified from the novel edition Read War Brothers author Sharon E. McKay – kino-fada.fr .Read for booktubeathon 2016 for the challenge of read a book only after sunset I don t think a graphic novel has ever made me cry before but this one definitely hit pretty hard Going into it, I didn t realize it was about Kony s army I remember when the Internet first started to find about Kony way back in the early 2000s and how shocked the world was at what he was doing and what he had already done in the country of Uganda, calling themselves the Lord s Resistance Army , brainwashing the y Read for booktubeathon 2016 for the challenge of read a book only after sunset I don t think a graphic novel has ever made me cry before but this one definitely hit pretty hard Going into it, ...4.25This book was a great introduction for students interested in children soldiers or specifically interested in the backdrop for the child soldiers in Uganda The book had some haunting moments and the artwork did a fabulous job of setting the tone for the story The beginning of the graphic novel was outstanding, ...Wow Intense Brutal Moving I have not read the YA novel this graphic has been adapted from, in fact, I d never heard of it before not exactly being my type of YA reading However, I do enjoy this type of material presented in the graphic format and this book caught my attention right away The art is phenomenal and I was drawn into the story right away with the exceptional illustrations of the jungle and Ugandan life It is really difficult to use a word like enjoy was describing how one fe Wow Intense Brutal Moving I have not read the YA novel this graphic has been adapted from, in fact, I d never heard of it before not exactly being my type of YA reading However, I do e...I want to call this book nonfiction, but the author and illustrator are very clear it s a novel A novel that tells the truth, sometimes better than nonfiction can Uganda, along with other emerging nations, regularly abducts children to fight their wars Both sides Children Kids who should be in math class, playing soccer McKay has gone to Uganda She s visited, interviewed, watched, observed She created this composite story of the children of Uganda.Jacob and his friends understand ve I want to call this book nonfiction, but the author and illustrator are very clear it s a novel A novel that tells the truth, sometimes better than nonfiction can Uganda, along with other emerging nations, regularly abducts children to fight their wars Both sides Children Kids who should be in math class, playing soccer McKay has gone to Uganda She s visited, interviewed, watched, observed She created this ...Based on a previously published novel, which was based on the real life experiences of boys from Gulu, Uganda, this graphic novel tells the story of the boy soldiers conscripted into Joseph Kony s Lord s Resistance Army Jacob and his friends are excited to begin school at George Jones Seminary for Boys, but the new term has barely begun when they and several classmates are kidnapped, tortured, and forced to participate in atrocities Jacob loves math, and has led a sheltered life Although viol Based on a previously published novel, which was based on the real life experiences of boys from Gulu, Uganda, this graphic novel tells the story of the boy soldiers conscripted into Joseph Kony s Lord s Resistance Army Jacob and his friends are excited to begin school at George Jones Seminary for Boys, but the new term has b...This is one of the few graphic novels I ve read in which the text and illustrations combine just right to tell the story Too often the text doesn t reveal enough, and or the illustrations are hard to decipher or are ambiguous War Brothers was just right It s not a read for the faint hearted, however It s a horrifying look at what it s like for child soldiers in Africa, taken against their will T...I like how he relived his stress through writing his story.Beautiful illustrations Heart rending story.I picked this graphic novel up from a library s display as I loved the cover and the title I didn t know until I got home what the novel was about and after I read the synopsis, I realized that I had picked up a gem I loved everything about this novel.The story is about the LRA Lord s Resistance Army which is ran by Kony, a man who stops at nothing Reading these words, I had to laugh as I just finished reading Soldier Boy by Keely Hutton and here I was reading about the same Army two weeks I picked this graphic novel up from a library s display as I loved the cover and the title I didn t know until I got home what the novel was about and after I read the synopsis, I realized that I had picked up a gem I loved everything about this novel.The story is about the LRA Lord s Resistance Army which is ran by Kony, a man who stops at nothing Reading these words, I had to laugh as I just finished reading Soldier Boy by Keely Hutton a...

War Brothers
  • English
  • 21 July 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 208 pages
  • 1554514886
  • Sharon E. McKay
  • War Brothers