num_pages: 48
description: Michel is like many other five-year-olds: he has a loving family and spends his days going to school and playing soccer. But in 1993 the Democratic Republic of Congo where Michel and his family live is a country in tumult. One afternoon Michel and his friends are kidnapped by rebel militants and forced to become child soldiers.
language: English
title: Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
publisher: Kids Can Press