child soldiers

Eight-year-old Liberian Lucky, his ten-year-old sister Nopi, and their schoolmates are kidnapped and forced to become child soldiers, but even after they escape along with some other children and are reunited with their parents, their lives will never be the same. Includes chapter about Liberia.

Ishmael Beah describes his experiences after he was driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by the government army at the age of thirteen, serving as a soldier for three years before being removed from fighting by UNICEF and eventually moving to the United States.

Examines the important aspect of child soldiers of global significance. Includes black-and-white photographs, sidebars, table of contents and world maps.

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin may be humanity's only chance of defeating the Formics, a deadly alien race determined to destroy Earth, but before Ender can face his ultimate challenge, he must survive the physically challenging Battle School.

Explores how children have been used as soldiers around the world throughout history, focusing on new strategies in the twenty-first century that target children, turning them into soldiers and terrorists.

Tells the stories of forty-nine young Americans who participated in the Civil War as soldiers, spies, drummers, and buglers. Includes photographs.

The night before a battle in the Civil War, drummer boy Stephen thinks of home and the next day's fight. The next day he bravely marches into battle with his regiment.

A graphic novel adaptation of the author's novel about a group of boys in Uganda who are kidnapped and forced to join the Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA, and their desperate escape, only to return home to discover that their friends and family are afraid of them.