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A review by evamadera1
Soldier Boy by Keely Hutton
4.0
This is a heavy book to read but so necessary.
Everyone by now has some sort of familiarity with the plight of child soldiers of the LRA. However, most of that familiarity remains in the "aww, that's so sad" stage without delving any deeper. People rarely face the question of what they might do should the table turn, should they find themselves either as the child soldier or "wife" of a child soldier, or if they manage to survive as a "lucky" one in the village and then come face to face with someone rescued from that tragedy. Will you forgive? How will you live with yourself, with others?
I take heart in the knowledge that this book comes from a true story, not in the tragedy of Ricky's suffering and the suffering of so many others, but rather in the fact that people can find forgiveness and healing.
I definitely recommend this book.
Everyone by now has some sort of familiarity with the plight of child soldiers of the LRA. However, most of that familiarity remains in the "aww, that's so sad" stage without delving any deeper. People rarely face the question of what they might do should the table turn, should they find themselves either as the child soldier or "wife" of a child soldier, or if they manage to survive as a "lucky" one in the village and then come face to face with someone rescued from that tragedy. Will you forgive? How will you live with yourself, with others?
I take heart in the knowledge that this book comes from a true story, not in the tragedy of Ricky's suffering and the suffering of so many others, but rather in the fact that people can find forgiveness and healing.
I definitely recommend this book.