Bamboo People
Author: Perkins, Mitali
ISBN: 9781580893299
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Jan 2014
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Top Ten ALA Best Fiction for Young AdultsPlt;brPgt; Junior Library Guild SelectionPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt; Plt;bPgt;Starred Reviews in Plt;iPgt;Publishers WeeklyPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;School Library JournalPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;BookPagePlt;/iPgt;P#8217;s P#8220;Top Ten Middle Grade NovelsP#8221;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A refugee and child soldier challenge the rules of war in this coming-of-age novel set against the political and military backdrop of modern-day BurmaPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt; Plt;iPgt;Bang! A side door bursts open.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt; Soldiers pour into the room. TheyP#8217;re shouting and waving rifles.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt; I shield my head with my arms. It was a lie! I think, my mind racing.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt; Girls and boys alike are screaming. The soldiers prod and herd some of us together and push the rest apart as if weP#39;re cows or goats.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt; Their leader, though, is a middle-aged man. HeP#8217;s moving slowly, intently, not dashing around like the others. P#8220;Take the boys only, Win Min,P#8221; I overhear him telling a tall, gangly soldier. P#8220;Make them obey.P#8221;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Chiko isnP#8217;t a fighter by nature. HeP#8217;s a book-loving Burmese boy whose father, a doctor, is in prison for resisting the government. Tu Reh, on the other hand, wants to fight for freedom after watching Burmese soldiers destroy his Karenni familyP#8217;s home and bamboo fields. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;When Chiko is forced into the Burmese army and subsequently injured on a mission, the boysP#8217; lives intersect. Timidity becomes courage and anger becomes compassion as both boys discover that everything is not as it seems. Mitali Perkins delivers a touching story about hopes, dreams, and the choices that define who we are.
ISBN: 9781580893299
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Jan 2014
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Top Ten ALA Best Fiction for Young AdultsPlt;brPgt; Junior Library Guild SelectionPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt; Plt;bPgt;Starred Reviews in Plt;iPgt;Publishers WeeklyPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;School Library JournalPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;BookPagePlt;/iPgt;P#8217;s P#8220;Top Ten Middle Grade NovelsP#8221;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A refugee and child soldier challenge the rules of war in this coming-of-age novel set against the political and military backdrop of modern-day BurmaPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt; Plt;iPgt;Bang! A side door bursts open.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt; Soldiers pour into the room. TheyP#8217;re shouting and waving rifles.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt; I shield my head with my arms. It was a lie! I think, my mind racing.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt; Girls and boys alike are screaming. The soldiers prod and herd some of us together and push the rest apart as if weP#39;re cows or goats.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt; Their leader, though, is a middle-aged man. HeP#8217;s moving slowly, intently, not dashing around like the others. P#8220;Take the boys only, Win Min,P#8221; I overhear him telling a tall, gangly soldier. P#8220;Make them obey.P#8221;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Chiko isnP#8217;t a fighter by nature. HeP#8217;s a book-loving Burmese boy whose father, a doctor, is in prison for resisting the government. Tu Reh, on the other hand, wants to fight for freedom after watching Burmese soldiers destroy his Karenni familyP#8217;s home and bamboo fields. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;When Chiko is forced into the Burmese army and subsequently injured on a mission, the boysP#8217; lives intersect. Timidity becomes courage and anger becomes compassion as both boys discover that everything is not as it seems. Mitali Perkins delivers a touching story about hopes, dreams, and the choices that define who we are.
