Title: Child Soldier
Subtitle: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
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. *Child Soldier* is the sometimes heartbreaking but ultimately inspiring true story of the triumph of the human spirit.
Subjects: Children and war, Child soldiers, History, Graphic novels, Childhood and youth, Biography, Comic books, strips, Comic books, Congo (democratic republic), Soldiers, Children, africa, Africa, sub-saharan, history
Places: Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
People: Michel Chikwanine
Time periods: 1997-