Soldier Boy
A Novel Based on a True Story from the Ugandan Civil War

Add this to high school required reading lists IMMEDIATELY. Eye opening and heartbreaking, Soldier Boy is not a book we want to exist, given that it's a semi-factual account of horrifying events (Ricky's account is true, while the other narrator Samuel is a compilation of the thousands of boy soldie......more

Everyone needs to read this.......more

*received an ARC of this in exchange for my honest review Soldier Boy by Keely Hutton, is two stories in one. The first one, is based on a true story by Ricky Richard Anywar, who was a child soldier in the Ugandan civil war. Abducted by Joseph Kony's army when he was only fourteen years old, Ricky w......more

I wish I could give this book ten stars. It was one of the hardest reads but also impossible to put down. A true story of unimaginable heartbreak and suffering but also of hope and healing and forgiveness. Everyone needs to read this book as it gives our western viewpoint just a glimpse into what is......more

This book is nothing like I've ever read before, especially in the world of YA. It is a powerful and heartbreaking book that tells a story of a boy who learns to forgive when forgiveness doesn't seem possible. I think that books like Soldier Boy are important for young readers, and adults alike, to......more