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Figlio Della Guerra (2009)

by Emmanuel Jal(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

8850218176 (ISBN13: 9788850218172)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

TEA

review 1: Recently, I finished reading the book, War Child: A Child Soldiers Story by Emmanuel Jal. Jal has done three movies, written many books and has made numerous songs; all describing hardships and painful moments in life. All of his creations are aimed towards the youth, trying to reach out to them and saying that bad times come and go; but there is always a way to escape them. The main character, Emmanuel Jal, was an eleven year old boy who lived in Sudan with his mom, dad, two sisters, and aunts. In this story he is stuck between the Sudan civil war between the Arabs and Sudanese rebels, where he is constantly forced to flee their villages in search of safety. In order to help him succeed, his parents send him to school where he would be able to be away from the dan... moreger. Shortly after arriving he is informed that his mother was killed in a raid. In order to avenge her, his dad joins the military to become a top commander, where he follow in his tracks and signs up for the red army which is an army made up of children. He goes through nine months of hell to only see a glimpse of the war he were was hoping to get revenge on the Arabs that were invading. After three months of mind destroying fighting, he decides he does not want to fight anymore. So he decides to go back to school where he became a leading pop artist in parts of Africa and the U.S. In writing this novel, Jal was trying to explain that your life may be hard, but if you make an attempt to better it that you will succeed. He was using his book as an example trying to show readers that what he says is true. He has gone on many tours and talked to many people encouraging them to never give up on their goals and showing them how he never did, and how much he has succeeded. In the beginning of the story, it starts off slow but fast enough to keep you wondering what would happen next. That was until I hit chapter three; it was like a bomb exploding with excitement, emotion, and entertainment. I believe Jal did and excellent job putting emotion into every one of his words. When you read this, you will literally feel the emotion he was feeling at that point. If I were to recommend this book to anyone, it would be people that like action, people going through a rough time in their lives and people that are looking for a good story. For the people that like action is because this book is full of it. This book explains all of the war zones he had to pass through with blood, guts and adventure. People with rough times because this book can and will encourage you to keep moving on. It will inspire you to never give up, never quit until you reach your goal. Then, for the people that want a good story, that’s it. This is an amazing story; it is as simple as that, definitely worth reading.
review 2: This story is just unimaginable to me, to have experienced as much as he went through at such a young age. Horrifying to think of my nieces and nephews doing this at their ages, which is the same age Jal was through most of these books. This was 7 years ago and the sad story is still going on today."Once you plant a seed of belief and excitement into a child's heart, he will patiently wait for a thing to arrive - just as children of the West wait for Father Christmas.""That is why the best investment is in human life - either spiritually or physically." less

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