num_pages: 3
description: Danny Watts' grandfather, Fergus, was a traitor, an explosives expert who betrayed his country and his regiment for money. He was arrested and left to rot and die in a Columbian jail. Danny sets out to track down his grandfather and expose him. He sets in train a sequence of events which throw them on the run from the people who want them dead.
language: English
title: Boy Soldier
titlecomplete: Boy Soldier (Boy Soldier, #1)
characters: Fergus Watts, Frankie, Danny Watts, Elena
genres: Fiction, Action, Family, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Young Adult, Adult, Survival, Espionage
ratings_count: 2094
places: Colombia, Wiltshire, England, Camberwell, London, England
series: Boy Soldier
publisher: Random House Children's Books