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Bamboo People

by Mitali Perkins (Goodreads Author)

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Bang! A side door bursts open. Soldiers pour into the room. They're shouting and waving rifles. I shield my head with my arms. It was a lie! I think, my mind racing.

Girls and boys alike are screaming. The soldiers prod and herd some of us together and push the rest apart as if we're cows or goats. Their leader is a middle—aged man. He's moving slowly, intently, not d

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Published July 1st 2010 by Charlesbridge Publishing

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Sep 02, 2011

Mitzi Moore rated it

The freshman team at my school choose this 2010 book as the summer assignment for the incoming class. We like the themes of the book: child soldiers, landmines, and coming of age in a developing country with a military dictatorship in power. During the first week of school, we will be connecting our lessons to the book, as well as following up on assignments the students will be completing over the summer.

As this book was written for young adults, more advanced readers may find part...more

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Feb 07, 2012

Chris Murray rated it

Shelves: adventure, boy-book, ethnic, lis722, realistic-fiction, survival, ya

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Chiko wants to be a teacher but lives in fear of conscription by the Myanmar government if he leaves his home. But with little money for food since his father, a doctor, was arrested for treating political resisters, Chiko risks applying for a government teaching job. That’s when he’s rounded up with a group of young men at the application center and forced into the army. Chiko survives the physical demands of military...more
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Chiko wants to be a teacher but lives in fear of conscription by the Myanmar government if he leaves his home. But with little money for food since his father, a doctor, was arrested for treating political resisters, Chiko risks applying for a government teaching job. That’s when he’s rounded up with a group of young men at the application center and forced into the army. Chiko survives the physical demands of military training with the help of Tai, a savvy boy from the streets. In turn he teaches Tai to read, something that infuriates their Captain. Part one of this riveting narrative ends with an explosion during a dangerous mission. Part two picks up the story from the perspective of Tu Reh, a Karenni teen who finds injured Chiko and takes him back to his people against his own better judgment. Tu Reh’s tribe has suffered severely at the hands of the government army, and many of his fellow tribe members are furious he has brought an enemy soldier to their refugee camp. It’s a battle against prejudice and hatred, including his own, for Tu Reh to see Chiko as an individual and not a soldier.
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This is an adventure story about two boys that also makes a strong statement against war, hatred, ethnic rivalries and politics. This book really made me think about the fact that it can be easy to be taught to hate a group of people, but it's much more difficult to hate an individual.
The story is told in the individual voices of the two boys, and Perkins has an easy, uncluttered writing style moves things quickly along. At the back of the book there is information about this history of Burma, how it became Myanmar and a website created by Perkins that lists ways for readers to become more involved. Perkins also relates her personal experience of living in Thailand for three years and visiting Karenni refugee camps where she was amazed at their myriad ways of using bamboo. I think this book would be best suited for boys, although there is a bit of a love story waiting to happen between Chiko and Lei and Tu Reh and Ree Meh. Best for grades 6 and up.
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Feb 05, 2012

Sandi rated it

This book, set in modern-day Burma, is narrated by two teenage boys on opposite sides of the conflict between the Burmese government and the Karenni, one of the many ethnic minorities. It explores the nature of violence, power, and prejudice as seen through the eyes of child soldiers and refugees. Two Burmese boys, one a Karenni refugee and the other the son of an imprisoned Burmese doctor, meet in the jungle and in order to survive they must learn to trust each other. Tu Reh, an angry Karenni b...more

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Nov 12, 2011

Suzanne rated it

Shelves: peach-consideration

A fiction that reads like a memoir, so real seems the voices of its 15-year-old first-person narrators: Burmese Chiko, bookish and worried for an educated father, imprisoned by the ruthless and corrupt government, kidnapped to serve in the army; Karenni Tu Reh, angry at his jungle village's destruction by Brumese soldiers that required his family to move to a Thai camp just across the Burma border. The two are children who are forced to impossible choices and sacrifices in the circumstances so f...more

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Sep 27, 2011

Mary rated it

Shelves: middle-school-books, multicultural

Chiko is the son of an imprisoned doctor in Burma. He's been taught to read and has promised his father that he will take care of his mother. When Chiko goes to apply for a job teaching, he is instead conscripted into the army, where his education makes him a target for his captain's bullying and physical abuse. He is befriended by street-smart Tai, and Chiko and Tai look out for each other as much as possible. When Chiko is sent on a dangerous assignment, he is seriously injured by a mine, and ...more

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Jan 29, 2011

Brenna rated it

Shelves: realistic-fiction, 2000-to-present, ya-fiction

This is a very interesting book that highlights the political situation in Burma (Myanmar). It focuses on two boys, Chiko, a Burmese boy who is conscripted into the Burmese army, and Tu Reh, a Karenni youth who lives in a refugee camp on the border of Burma and Thailand. Before reading this book, I knew very little about what is currently going on in Burma. The country has an oppressive government that is waging war with different tribal or native people. I especially appreciated how the author ...more

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Jan 19, 2011

Jan rated it

Shelves: teenbooks, contemporary

This novel, set in modern day Burma, is about two child soldiers—both from very different backgrounds—who are forced to take part in the military’s action against the Karenni people, an ethnic minority in Burma. The first part of the story, told in first person narrative, tells the tale of Chiko, a boy from an educated middle class background whose father has been imprisoned by the government. Chiko is forced to join the army and train to fight the soldiers of the Karenni resistance. On a...more

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Dec 27, 2010

Marcy rated it

What a wonderful novel for young people to read! This is the story of two young soldiers, one Burmese, one Karenni. Chiko, a non-violent "student," (trained by his father, a doctor, who is in prison for being a traitor), sees an ad to become a teacher in Burma. The ad was a trick, and Chiko was taken into custody into the jungle to be trained as a soldier. On a mission, he steps on a land mine, and is found almost dead, by the "enemy," a band of Karenni. A Karenni boy,...more

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Nov 22, 2010

Lynne Perednia rated it

One of the strengths in YA fiction is that it can introduce readers of all ages to any number of places, situations and issues. Mitali Perkins provides examples of what it is like to live in the country where, earlier this month, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was released form house arrest after Burma's junta of generals had kept her hidden for 15 of the past 21 years.

The pro-democracy leader is Burmese in a country where the rulers prefer the name "Myanmar", a name that the United ...moreOne of the strengths in YA fiction is that it can introduce readers of all ages to any number of places, situations and issues. Mitali Perkins provides examples of what it is like to live in the country where, earlier this month, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was released form house arrest after Burma's junta of generals had kept her hidden for 15 of the past 21 years.

The pro-democracy leader is Burmese in a country where the rulers prefer the name "Myanmar", a name that the United States and few other countries refuse to recognize in protest of the brutal regime that rules the country.

In Perkins's novel, Chiko, a young city boy, lives on little food but lots of love as he and his mother cope with his physician father being arrested by the dictators. He is hopeful, naive, loves learning and has a crush on the neighbor girl. When he finds a newspaper ad seeking applicants for teaching positions, he hopes he can start earning money to help his mother. The wise neighbor woman knows better; he is going to be conscripted into the army.

As an involuntary army recruit, Chiko is beaten and subjected to indignities great and small. He is befriended by a streetwise boy who worries about his sister left behind in the city. Chiko is maneuvered into taking part in a patrol, but it's as demeaning as his training. He's the lead boy sent out to look for landmines in the jungle.

The first-person, present tense narrative changes during Chiko's mission to that of Tu Reh, a teenager who is the government's enemy. He is on his first mission from the refugee camp with his father. When they discover the wounded Chiko, Tu Reh's father tells his angry son that he has choices, that there is more to life than kill or be killed. Ecclesiastes "a time for war, a time for peace" is read to him. Tu Reh helps save Chiko and gets him to the refugee camp.

Once there, not everyone is glad to see them. Chiko's fate, as decided by the camp, forces Tu Reh to manage his feelings about conflicting loyalties, old alliances and doing the right thing.

The novel is a simple story that can easily be extrapolated to discussions about loyalty, gangs and bullying, in addition to a heavily researched portrait of current conditions in Burma. The narrative style and pace are well-suited to the youngest secondary readers, while the story may appeal to reluctant readers who are willing to try fiction set in a different country. The author includes information about current conditions in Burma in an afterword.
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Sep 07, 2010

Deanna rated it

Realistic fiction, war, child soldiers, family, friendship.

Bamboo People takes place in modern-day Burma where there is political upheaval between different cultures and ethnic minorities. Part one is narrated by Chiko, a Burmese boy, who aspires to be a teacher to make a difference in the world. With his father in prison for resisting the government, Chiko answers a call in a newspaper to help his family. Unfortunately he discovers he has been tricked along with other applicants to ...more

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Aug 18, 2010

Britt Leigh rated it

Shelves: july-2010, middle-grade

The Western world knows little about the land known as Burma/Myanmar. The most recent glimpse into the politically shrouded country was the documentary Burma VJ. What of the child's experience? Mitali Perkins gives readers a peek behind the black cloth.

Chiko is a young teen, eager to use his education and support his mother, bereft of her husband. Chiko's father, a doctor, was arrested for helping the politically made scapegoats of ethnic nations living with in Burma - most likely t...more

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Jul 30, 2010

Tasha rated it

Shelves: teen

Set in modern Burma, this novel is the story of two teen boys on opposite sides of the conflict between the Burmese and the Karenni, one of Burma’s ethnic minorities. Chiko’s father has been arrested for opposing the Burmese government. Now Chiko and his mother have no money to survive on, so Chiko heads out to be tested for a teaching position. But the test was a trap, and Chiko is taken into the Burmese army training to become a soldier. There he uses his wits to survive, befriending a str...moreSet in modern Burma, this novel is the story of two teen boys on opposite sides of the conflict between the Burmese and the Karenni, one of Burma’s ethnic minorities. Chiko’s father has been arrested for opposing the Burmese government. Now Chiko and his mother have no money to survive on, so Chiko heads out to be tested for a teaching position. But the test was a trap, and Chiko is taken into the Burmese army training to become a soldier. There he uses his wits to survive, befriending a street boy, who knows much more about fighting and survival than he does. When the time comes to allow his friend to head to the jungle on a dangerous mission, Chiko steps up and offers himself instead. Through that mission, he is rescued by Tu Reh, a Karenni teen, who has hated the Burmese ever since they burned down his village. Now Chiko’s life is in the hands of Tu Reh, who sees him only as the enemy. This book is about the bravery it takes to make decisions that turn boys into men, learning that compassion is the only way forward.

Beautifully written, Perkins has captured a complicated situation in a way that young readers will not only understand but will be drawn to. Rather than using alternating chapters for the two points of view, Perkins tells the first part of the book from Chiko’s point of view and then Tu Reh enters in the second half. This lends a great cohesiveness to the story, allowing readers to view the conflict from both sides, understand both, and at the same time get enough in-depth time with each character to see through their eyes.

Perkins excels at depicting foreign cultures through sounds, scents, and tastes. Food is used to convey the differences and similarities of cultures. There are no long paragraphs of description here, instead readers are treated to details woven into the story that bring the entire book to life. This is done with a skill that makes it seem effortless.

Her characterizations are also done with the same grace, allowing readers to slowly learn about the two boys, learn about the cultures, and slowly be exposed to the horror that teens on both sides of the conflict live with. The darker parts of battle and imprisonment are dealt with obliquely, allowing readers to bring their own level of understanding to the atrocities being committed. Again, this is a testimony to the skill of Perkins’ writing.

Highly recommended, this book takes the horrors of war and package them in a piercingly beautiful story. Appropriate for ages 12-15.
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Jul 24, 2010

Erica rated it

This book was difficult for me to read, not because of the writing, but because of the content. It’s tough to read about kids being forced into war, or about families being displaced for no reason other than the tribe they belong to. I ache as I think about these characters because I know that, though they are fictional, the stories are not. Perkins has taken a grave story and inserted a little bit of hope into it.
I was a little hesitant to start this book, not because I didn’t think it...moreThis book was difficult for me to read, not because of the writing, but because of the content. It’s tough to read about kids being forced into war, or about families being displaced for no reason other than the tribe they belong to. I ache as I think about these characters because I know that, though they are fictional, the stories are not. Perkins has taken a grave story and inserted a little bit of hope into it.
I was a little hesitant to start this book, not because I didn’t think it would be good or worth the time invested in it, but because I knew it would be intense. As a result, I delayed picking it up, then had a little bit of a hard time really getting into the story. But thirty pages into the book, I was hooked. I was anxious for Chiko as he must leave his family behind and fight in a war for a government that is imprisoning his father. Once his story collided with Tu Reh’s, I felt like there was a mad rush to get to the end of the book and find out how everything would be resolved for the two of them. I just didn’t want to put it down.
As a character, Chiko’s growth didn’t seem to be dramatic, but was still rewarding to watch. There is a moment when everything changes for him, and his choice in that moment amazed me. Tu Reh, on the other hand, despises everything about where he is in life. His journey seemed very obvious from the beginning, but I was glad to walk it along with him and experience those emotions from his perspective. The two boys provided a good balance to each other in how they viewed the war.
I hope that lots of readers out there choose to pick up this book. My fear is that the lack of knowledge about Burma and the unfamiliar names will scare many off, especially younger readers, but it shouldn’t. This story, at its core, is about two boys in undesirable circumstances and their struggles to improve those circumstances. They may be far away and speak in foreign languages, but they are just like so many of us here in America, with dreams for the future and hopes for a peaceful life.(less)

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May 11, 2011

Abby Johnson rated it

Fifteen year old Chiko is tricked into joining the Burmese army. Tu Reh is a Karenni boy, trapped between wanting to fight the soldiers that destroyed his home and wanting to promote peace as his religious teachings dictate. In the middle of the Burmese jungle, these two boys will meet and neither will ever be the same.

While I appreciate that this is a book that will help raise the consciousness of readers, it just wasn't my cup of tea. There was a lot of talking and not as much act...more

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Nov 05, 2010

Claire rated it

Shelves: 10-to-12-year-old-readers, 8th-grade-and-up, a-7th-and-8th-grade-middle-school-t, adults-reading-ya-lit, guys-read, book-fair-2011

A wonderfully written account of child soldiers in Burma. The story starts slowly and soon grabs the reader as Chiko finds himself entrapped in the anti tribal Burmese army. Mitali Perkins deftly conveys the situation in Burma describing a bit of how the military regime wages a brutal war against all dissenters with conscripted child warriors.
This story is told from the point of view of a young Burmese scholar turned soldier and the view point of a Karenni tribal boy.
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Aug 27, 2010

Anne Broyles rated it

Through the voices of two young men in Burma/Myanmar, BAMBOO PEOPLE explores the human hearts of child soldiers who may be forced to fight wars that are not so clearly right and wrong. Chiko and Tu Reh each carry a strong sense of responsibility, honor, and patriotism, though their lives are quite different. They have more in common than they know at first, and by the book's end, each has grown in self-understanding and world view.

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Mar 12, 2011

Terrie rated it

This is a moving novel about humanity, survival, and civil war set in Burma. Two young boys, Chiko and Tai, form a close bond after being captured and forced to join the Burmese military despite having opposite strengths and weaknesses. Chiko changes his destiny by trading places with Tai to protect him. Street-smart Tai is sent to work an office position while inexperienced Chiko is headed to the mine-filled jungle. Chiko narrates Part One of the book. Part Two of the book is told by Tu Reh, a...more

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Mar 10, 2011

Sarah rated it

Shelves: asian-american-rll-528, realistic-fiction

Mitali Perkins’s latest novel features two male main characters.
Set in present-day, conflict-ridden Burma (Myanmar),
two fifteen-year-old boys on opposite sides of the war find
themselves face-to-face. Chiko, the son of a doctor imprisoned
by the Burmese government, has been forcibly recruited into
the government’s military. He would much rather be home
reading and learning from his father’s (illegal) stash of books
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Aug 13, 2010

Janet Flora rated it

I really did learn a lot from this book, about Burma/Myanmar and the tribal people's struggle for autonomy. It is an intense story, horrifying and uplifting at the same time. The boys who are at the center of the narrative are inspiring. I cannot help but wonder if my children (or myself for that matter) would be able to survive and thrive as well as the characters do. These are teen characters, and they have many of the typical teen feelings, but often seem so much older in many ways.

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Jul 26, 2011

Ron Arden added it

Another down-to-earth and meaningful story by Mitali Perkins. My wife introduced me to her a few years ago at a bookstore and I have loved her work ever since.

This story is based on actual events that are happening in Burma. It's told from the viewpoint of two teenage boys. One, Chiko, is a Burmese teen who gets shanghaied into the Burmese army. The other, Tu Reh, is a Karenni. An oppressed minority in Burma. It seems that both have a lot of prejudices put upon them by the Burmese governme...more

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Feb 25, 2010

Susann rated it

Recommended to Susann by: ALA Midwinter

Illuminating depiction of the conflict in Burma, told from the points of view of two teens: a Burmese boy forced into the Army and a Karenni boy in a refugee camp. The story drew me straight in and kept me in. I raced through it and learned so much more than I could ever get from a dozen NYT articles. This is one that I would hope to find in school libraries and see as required reading in Social Studies classes. (Not that it can't/shouldn't be pleasure reading; I just wish that I could have been...more

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Oct 20, 2010

Chris rated it

Shelves: goodreads-reviews-1st-nine-weeks

Bamboo People was a very creative story, but I have read better books about the Burmese War. For example "Elephant Run" is about the same thing as Bamboo People, but I think it was written better. However, I would still recomend the book to someone who hasn't read either of the two books.

What I liked about the book was the topic. I think the Burmese War is an interesting subject matter to read about, especially since it is still going on to some extent today. The book w...moreBamboo People was a very creative story, but I have read better books about the Burmese War. For example "Elephant Run" is about the same thing as Bamboo People, but I think it was written better. However, I would still recomend the book to someone who hasn't read either of the two books.

What I liked about the book was the topic. I think the Burmese War is an interesting subject matter to read about, especially since it is still going on to some extent today. The book was factual, but still gave you the view point of someone living in that time period. The other thing I liked the book was how it was written in first person for two different people. The first half of the book, the character Chicco gives part of the story from his point of view. Chicco is Burmese. The second half of the book is told from the point of view from a boy named Tu Reh. Tu Reh is Karenni, the Burmese enemy. It is very interesting to read the book and see the two different veiw points of the boys, but how they both want the war to be over.

The biggest thing I didn't like about the book was the reading level. I thought the book was to easy to read and I finished it in about a week even though there were 250+ pages in it. The vocabulary was also too easy. Sometimes, no matter how good the story is, if the reading level is to easy the book isn't as fun to read. Besides the reading level there wasn't much to dislike in this book.

What surprised me in the book was how Chicco was taken prisoner and forced into being a soldier. Then he went on a mission, and got seriously hurt and ended up loosing his leg. Through all this Chicco kept a positive attitude and instead of worrying about his leg, he was grateful to be alive. I would have been depressed, angry, and sad if I went through what Chicco did.

What impacted my thinking was how the Karenni people, even though they were at war with Burma, took Chicco and saved his life by amputating his leg so it didn't get infected. They could have just left him to die, which the Burmese certainly would have done if they saw a hurt Karenni man. Instead they took him in and saved his life, since he was only a boy. I thoguht that this created the theme in the book of doing the right thing even if someone wouldn't do the same for you. The Karenni knew it was the right thing to save Chicco so they did. They didn't care if the Burmese were at war with them. They knew Chicco was an innocent soldier who meant no harm.

I would give this book a three out of five. I'm not sure if I would recomend it to someone though because it was easy to read and I thought the book Elephant Run was better.(less)

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Oct 02, 2011

Asakiyume rated it

Shelves: research

I was interested in this for the subject matter and for paying attention to the nuts and bolts of how Mitali Perkins introduced cultural elements and wove together the stories of her two protagonists--Chiko, a Burmese boy from Yangon who's dragooned into the army against his will, and Tu Reh, a Karenni boy living in a refugee camp near the Thai border.

I liked all the characters, both the main ones and the supporting ones, very much, and I felt the emotional growth of both boys was bel...more

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Jul 29, 2011

Hollie rated it

Powerful and sad portrayal of 2 boys who are forced into war in modern-day Burma (Myanmar). This is a story of an oppressive government that is trying to exterminate minority groups - a story of the Burmese army abducting young boys ( Chiko's story) through deceptive news ads as recruits, trained to kill the Karenni people. And a story of the Karenni people (Tu Reh's story) trying to survive in refuge camps. This is another quick, easy multicultural read that engages the reader to see life throu...more

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Sep 06, 2011

jun rated it

Shelves: ya

VERY current, and a good look into what's happening in Burma right now.

This book singlehandedly is the reason why I'm not going to say Myanmar anymore.

I had to read this for my Adolescent Literature class, took the book out on reserve, sat in the corner of the library, and just got very emotional. Cried off my makeup and snuffled loudly until I finished. Sorry for the noise.

Just a good look into seeing the person behind the name/group. A book that causes students...more

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Aug 21, 2011

Noah rated it

Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins is about two teenage boys from different backgrounds who learn to trust each other in order to survive. Chiko, a brainy, literate fifteen year-old, is abducted by the Burmese army and forced to join them. Tu Reh, on the other hand, wants nothing more than to join the rebels, and have revenge on the Burmese who burned his village down. When these two boys meet in the jungle, they must learn to trust each other in order to survive. I would strongly recommend this...more

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Jul 21, 2010

Briony Zlomke rated it

Shelves: bfya, great-smelling-books, ya

This is one of those books that is terrific for a discussion group. Comparing two different
cultures and perspectives, Bamboo People introduces its readers to the present-day conflict that is occurring in Manymar, which was once Burma. Raising interesting points, Perkins shows different aspects to Chiko and Tu Reh. From questioning that being book smart is not always worldly, while having compassion can make you a stronger person, whether you like it or not. Even Tu Reh’s and Chiko’s relat...more

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Aug 18, 2010

Riley Carney rated it

Bamboo People is a beautifully written story which provides insightful, first-hand viewpoints of the conflict in Burma through the perspectives of two boys, Chiko and Tu Reh. When the two boys’ lives intersect, they realize that despite their different backgrounds and experiences, they are not so different after all. The emotions in this book are palpable, and the hardships that both boys endure are real and haunting. Mitali Perkins does a masterful job of illustrating the heart-wrenching horror...more

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Jul 14, 2010

April rated it

Shelves: own, multicultural, ya, bea-2010, for-review, signed

You know what sucks? Being a child soldier. For real. One day you are making googly eyes at your hot neighbor, the next you are tricked into joining the army and have no option of leaving. Did I mention your family doesn't know where you are? For many teens in Burma/Myanmar, this is a reality. I definitely did not know very much about child soldiers until reading the superb book Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins.

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Jul 04, 2010

Kay marked it as to-read

r u kidding me? chiko isn't even a real burmese name... i'm burmese n i shud tell u, life isn't really all that bad u kno.^_^ well... mayb except for the poor, i'm a middle class person, n life's pretty fine for me,but i'm only in skool now.. so what do *i* kno? still....these kinda situations frm the book r rare... n most of the time it's the karen's fault, they like to think they're a seperate country n that they cud survive as a country of their own..(i mean, seriously?) all in all.. i hope t...more

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Mitali Perkins was born in Kolkata, India, and immigrated to the States when she was seven years old. She's written several books for young readers, including BAMBOO PEOPLE, RICKSHAW GIRL, MONSOON SUMMER, and SECRET KEEPER. Mitali maintains a website (mitaliperkins.com) and blog (mitaliblog.com) where she chats about books between cultures. Follow her at twitter.com/mitaliperkins.

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