false 960213 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 960213 3 945116 1 9 2007 Song for Night total:124|5:42|4:53|3:20|2:8|1:1| 124 499 218 33 2928223 3.86 870 163 60750750 1236400 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.03 123 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 5 1 false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 00:46:02 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 00:46:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 66427433 1706956 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 3 0 true Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 09:31:25 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 13:14:44 -0700 2009
I write this 24 hours after I wrote the above comment. It occurred to me that the ending may be a dream, or hallucination. In that case, I don't think that the ending was weak.

I had difficulty with him moving from the dream, or imagined world to...more...]]> 45881484 198665 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 4 0 false Sat Mar 07 15:11:53 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 18:20:39 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 15:11:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 21287829 688724 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 5 1 false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 18:41:51 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 22:51:12 -0700 2008 24779983 995038 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 5 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 04:32:20 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 09:53:15 -0700 2008
Chris Abani took me to the world of war, and love and brought me to a place of sad understanding. The story is about a young boy, brought into war as a youngster, to help in locating and defusing mines left to kill anyone in their path. Young boys brought to the 'j...more...]]> 22367989 1166992 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 3 0 false Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 08:52:38 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 06:40:52 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 53316684 686757 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 2 0 false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 02:55:38 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 02:57:23 -0700 2009 46501562 1705978 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 4 0 false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 06:15:03 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 17:35:54 -0800 2009 74512821 1856951 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 2 0 false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 10:21:13 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 10:24:43 -0700 2009 26611968 1000611 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 4 0 false Tue Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 21:49:08 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 22:08:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 21170893 16533 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 4 0 false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 09:39:40 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 16:52:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 53217423 2236199 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 4 0 false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 07:44:05 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 08:38:02 -0700 2009 51956964 134195 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 5 0 false Wed Apr 08 11:30:49 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 11:31:33 -0700 2009 9902272 40241 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 5 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 03 17:32:48 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 17:35:43 -0800 2007 more...]]> 70395427 2713382 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 0 0 false Mon Sep 07 15:49:23 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 15:50:05 -0700 2009 38092192 1050207 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 5 0 true Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 18:01:17 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 18:08:32 -0800 2008 1
I short of saw the end coming. Abani alludes to the fact that the child is actually a ghost a number of times early on in the story. Repeated imagery of crossing rivers, ghosts, dream-tim...more...]]> 6392635 391511 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 12:29:35 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 12:57:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 36579634 895772 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 4 0 false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 30 15:24:19 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 14:14:44 -0800 2008 once 7131721 95009 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 2 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 03:22:15 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 03:24:33 -0700 2007 45287936 1493944 960213 1933354313 9781933354316 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138m/960213.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189304138s/960213.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/960213.Song_for_Night 4.02 124 Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

]]> 2007 5 0 false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 14:29:21 -0800 2009 Mon May 25 23:47:52 -0700 2009
The language was appropriate but at times I did struggle with the level of maturity of the narrator's "voice" - but then again these children are no longer children]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=960213