child soldiers

"Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone. Something inside Alice is broken: she remembers words but struggles to speak them. Still, Alice knows words are for sharing, so she pins them to posters in tucked-away places: railway waiting rooms, fish-and-chip shops, quiet corners. Manny is sixteen, with a scar from shoulder to elbow. Something inside Manny is broken: he was once a child soldier, forced to do terrible, violent things. But in a new land with new people who will care for him, he spends time exploring on foot. And in his pocket, he carries a poem he scooped up. And he knows the words by heart. When Manny and Alice meet, their relationship brings the beginning of love and healing."--OCLC.

Memoir of Ishmael Beah's life as a child soldier in Sierra Leone.

Young readers will learn about the origin of armies in ancient times and the army of the future.

Eight-year-old Etienne and his family live in The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Kidnapped by a rebel army and forced to be a child soldier, Etienne finally escapes and is sent to a camp for freed child soldiers. He is reunited with his family who then flee the country, arriving as refugees in Canada. Interspersed with facts about the DRC and its people, this narrative tells a story common to many refugees fleeing the country. Readers will learn about the experiences of child soldiers and how they can help refugees in their communities and around the world who are struggling to find permanent homes.

An estimated three hundred thousand child soldiers are serving in armies around the world. This book presents a powerful, real-world look at the lives of these vulnerable young people.

Koji's village is like many others. They are poor, but everyone is doing okay. The children go to school. Study hard. Play soccer. Dream big. But boyhood ends quickly. Rebel forces enter the village. Boys are forced to line up. March. Train. Carry guns. Then kill.

After breaking free of The Program, Boy Nobody is on a mission of his own to reclaim his life and rescue his friend Howard from the secret organization that has turned him and other orphaned children into trained assassins--but he has no idea who, if anyone, he can trust, or what the consequences will be if he succeeds in bringing down The Program.

Explores the childhood of Julius Achon in Northern Uganda where he was made a boy soldier, his escape from the Lord's Resistance Army, his career as a top-level middle distance runner, and his charity work in Uganda.

In 1993, Congolese guerrillas kidnapped five-year-old Michel Chikwanine and made him a soldier. Michel eventually escaped, but his struggles weren't over..

After they hear of a group of children pressed into service by rebels on another planet, Jon Moore and his hyper-intelligent assault vehicle, Lobo, spring into action, confronting not only the horrors the children are facing, but also a dark chapter from Jon's past.