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Bamboo People (2010)

by Mitali Perkins(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1580893287 (ISBN13: 9781580893282)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Charlesbridge Publishing

review 1: Bamboo people is a very interesting book about family, war, and education. In the book there are different characters that vary majorly personality wise. For example there is a street-smart kid persona, a fighter, and a book smart child who needs some catching up on fending for himself. Chiko, the educational one, finds himself at a mysterious building where he was lead in hopes to become a teacher. He becomes trapped with many other young people like himself forced into a bus and headed to war. He ends up making friends with a street smart lad who basically teaches Chiko everything he needs to learn about the sneaky side of things. From a different perspective, Chiko is considered one of the enemies and "the fighter" tries sticking to what he has been trained to do all hi... mores life. For him, killing was a way of life. This book explores 3 different juicy perspectives that will take you on a trip.
review 2: Bamboo People is one of the best books I have read ever. I recommend this book to everyone. My favorite part of the book is the second part of the book because it is so suspenseful. I usually get bored during long books, but this one made me want to keep reading. I liked how in the middle of the book, it was written from a different character's perspective than in the first half.Bamboo People takes place in Burma, in the jungles, in today's time. Chiko is Burmese, and Tu Reh is Karenni. Their people are fighting each other. Both are adolescent boys, and both end up being soldiers for their side. At the beginning of the novel, Chiko has lost his dad to the government because his dad was a doctor. Chiko also gets taken by the government and is forced to train as a soldier. He meets a kid named Tai, which is his best friend at camp. Tai tries to escape camp so he and Chiko have to carry all the rocks back down to the creek as a punishment. Tai figures out how to carry the rocks faster by using buffalo and a cart. When the training captain finds out, he makes Tai stay in a little room without food or water. Chiko shares some of his food with Tai. Tai gets chosen for a special mission, and Chiko volunteers in his place so at the end of the first half of the book Tai gets to go home, and Chiko stays for another mission. The second half of the book starts with Tu Reh, instead of Chiko. Tu Reh goes on a mission where he finds four dead bodies and one wounded body. Tu Reh doesn't want to take the wounded because he is wearing a Burmese uniform, and he remembers the Burmese soldiers burning the home and bamboo fields of his people. When he hears the wounded boy cry for his mother, he carries the body to the healer's hut where the healer tries to heal him. She can't heal him because it is a very bad cut, and it gets infected. Tu Reh says something about his camp, and the next day they leave. On the way, they hear something shaking the ground. Tu Reh gets in the path of an elephant and makes loud noises. The elephant gets scared and runs away. They get pretty close to camp when people start shooting at them. Tu Reh slung the wounded body over his shoulder and ran all the way to camp. The doctor had to cut the person's leg off and give him a fake leg. We find out at the end of the book that the wounded person is Chiko from the beginning of the novel. less

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