![]() ![]() ![]() The back matter contains further information, as well as suggestions for ways children can help. But the humanity he exhibits in the telling, along with Claudia Dávila's illustrations, which evoke rather than depict the violent elements of the story, makes the book accessible for this age group and, ultimately, reassuring and hopeful. Told in the first person and presented in a graphic novel format, the gripping story of Michel's experience is moving and unsettling. After immigrating to Canada, Michel was encouraged by a teacher to share what happened to him in order to raise awareness about child soldiers around the world, and this book is part of that effort. ![]() Against the odds, Michel managed to escape and find his way back to his family, but he was never the same again. Michel Chikwanine was five years old when he was abducted from his schoolyard soccer game in the Democratic Republic of Congo and forced to become a soldier for a brutal rebel militia. ![]()
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