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Little Soldier
A powerful and important novel that ponders the depths of hate from London's street gangs to Africa's tribal wars through the eyes of a young boy.
Kaninda is left for dead when his family is gunned down by the warring tribe's army in their village of Lasai, Africa. He is "saved" by the Red Cross and brought to the UK to be adopted by a family there, but it is not by his cho
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Kaninda is left for dead when his family is gunned down by the warring tribe's army in their village of Lasai, Africa. He is "saved" by the Red Cross and brought to the UK to be adopted by a family there, but it is not by his cho
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
March 1st 2002
by Scholastic Press
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Pretty good; about what I expected. Well, not true --- I think I had hoped for more depth in the characters of this story, especially since Bernard Ashley indicates he is confident his characters are riveting. I guess I just didn't really *feel* anything through the characters until the end of the book. Actually, the pacing of this book, oddly enough, reminds me a lot of The Great Gatsby---kinda slow and seemingly random, but then it all comes together and hits you in the face in rapid-fire at t...more
Really enjoyed it but felt the fact that it's not aimed at my age group. Passed it on to my younger brother who I think will really like it!
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Bernard Ashley lives in Charlton, south east London, only a street or so from where he was born. He was educated at the Roan School, Blackheath and Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, Rochester. After National Service in the RAF Bernard trained to teach at Trent Park College of Education, specializing in Drama. He followed this with an Advanced Diploma at the Cambridge Institute and has b...more
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