Title: The king's rifle
Description: The story chronicles the Chindits, a band of African soldiers enlisted by the British military and sent to Burma to fight the Japanese. Among them is Farabiti Banana, a 14-year-old Nigerian who becomes a soldier to follow the lead of his friends and hopes the military will make him a man. Once out of training, life becomes increasingly dangerous for Banana and his eight fellow Chindits, and by the novel's climax, he's become a man, but at a great cost.--From Publisher's Weekly.
Subjects: Child soldiers, World War, 1939-1945, Juvenile Participation, Black Soldiers, Fiction, Campaigns, Historical, FICTION, Fiction, war & military, Fiction, historical, general, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Children, Military campaigns, Military participation, Juvenile, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
Places: Burma, Africa