This compelling book tells the story of Chanda, who due to her mother's recent death, is responsible for the well-being of her brother and sister. Encouraged to make amends with her estranged family, Chanda travels to a nearby town from which her brother and sister are stolen by a group of rebels. This book is, in large part, a book about child soldiers in war-torn Africa. More than that, however, this is a family story and one of courage and adventure. The narrative is well-constructed and Stratton keeps you wondering with each page what is going to happen. This book gets a Thumbs Up from me. Though this is a follow-up book to Chanda's Secret it certainly does stand alone. I did not read the first book and still found this one to be incredibly moving.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Chanda's Wars by Alan Stratton
This compelling book tells the story of Chanda, who due to her mother's recent death, is responsible for the well-being of her brother and sister. Encouraged to make amends with her estranged family, Chanda travels to a nearby town from which her brother and sister are stolen by a group of rebels. This book is, in large part, a book about child soldiers in war-torn Africa. More than that, however, this is a family story and one of courage and adventure. The narrative is well-constructed and Stratton keeps you wondering with each page what is going to happen. This book gets a Thumbs Up from me. Though this is a follow-up book to Chanda's Secret it certainly does stand alone. I did not read the first book and still found this one to be incredibly moving.
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I also will give this a YAY. I was really excited to find out what happened to Chanda after her mother's death in Chanda's Secrets (CS). I liked this sequel and actually found the writing to be better than that of CS, but I felt that it asked for a bit of a stretch to have this happen to Chanda as well as everything that transpired in CS. In this sense, I actually feel that it has more strength as a stand alone than as the logical sequel to CS.
In all it was well-written, timely, and important--so, like I said, Yay.
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