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These are the stories that people like Angelina Jolie has been trying to get you to pay attention to. She obviously couldn't do it, but this graphic novel is excellent in getting your attention. It has an awesome story, modern coloring that doesn't look as comic book as other graphic novels, and conflicts that are REAL with questions that are hard to answer. This would be an excellent movie. I don't know why no one in Hollywood, Bollywood, BBC or anyone else has not picked it up.


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War Brothers The Graphic Novel Sharon E McKay Jennifer A Bell Books Reviews

War Brothers. The Graphic Novel by Sharon E. McKay
Artwork by Daniel Lafrance

War Brothers is based on true events about Kony and the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) and the kidnapping of children to conscript into their army of child soldiers. Told from the perspective of a child named Jacob, who lives in Uganda and who was kidnapped from school with his classmates.

War Brothers takes you through Jacob's harrowing journey into the forest and into the indoctrination of a child soldier. He watches his best friend succumb and kill innocent people for if he doesn't, he wouldn't be allowed to eat. Jacob protects a boy younger than him and constantly thinks about escape and the love of his father. He holds hope close to his heart to survive the nightmare that has become his life.

Jacob's story mirrors the story of so many children in the world today. Kony is still out there, stealing children and making them into soldiers and needs to be stopped. Young women kidnapped ultimately become slaves, or brides and are used for sex. Punishments for running away or not following orders are severe and many times, death sentences.

The artwork in War Brothers is stunning. The pages and panels vary from light pastel when things are going well for Jacob to pages that are dark and full of bold colors when Jacob is suffering. While this is a hard book to read because of the subject matter, the artwork is compelling and well-done and contributes to the power of the story.

There are so many issues in the world that need our attention and the issue of Child Soldiers should be at the top of the list. Child and soldier are two words that should not go together in our enlightened world.

Everyone needs to read this book!
The book has a powerful message, one which is non-spoilerish. The entire book can be boiled down to this epilogue” Where does the victim end and the criminal begin? Whom do we punish? Who is accountable? What happens when the child becomes an adult and continues his path of destruction?” This is all the book is about, seeing what is done to those children, how they are broken and twisted by the actions of others into inhuman killers. In time they will start the cycle again by abducting other children to enslave as soldiers, assuming they survive long enough. Are they to blame though? Do the adults in this book who take those children away bear all the guilt and need punishment for those crimes, or were they themselves merely continuing on the cycle that someone else started for them? It is a powerful message and made all the more poignant by the fact that this is all based on real accounts, so while the story itself is a fiction the events that are depicted are all real.

I would never chose to read a book like this and I will never read one by choice again, but it is definitely something that is worth reading. I have said similar sentiments about stories like the Crow and the Last of us, but while they are works of fiction and powerful in their own right, the fact that this is true (to a point) makes this all the more important. I cannot recommend this book, either as a comic or as a story because I did not enjoy it on either level. What I can say is that if you want to show someone a comic that breaks the mould and proves that comics are not for kids, then this is it. If you are interested in the subject or wish to read something that is not merely a throw away superhero story then this might be the book for you. For me, it is one of those stories that I simply wish to forget, but probably never will.
I thought that this graphic novel effectively told the story of a fictional child soldier in Uganda, especially being ostracized upon return to the village. However, I only gave it 4 stars because it was difficult to read on the . For some reason, it would not let me zoom in and I could only read it in landscape mode.
I loved how the books helps others to understand what these children are truly going through. It really makes you nit take life for granted.
This is a great, distrurbing story that young people--and adults--should read. It explains the rampant cruelty in parts of the world. It shows how innocent children can be robbed of hope and turned into monsters themselves.
Until I read this book, I had only given the briefest consideration for the child armies of Koby in the African Congo. My heart went out to the families and the children who have been kidnapped and forced into committing atrocities by Kony and his insane generals.
You need to be emotionally prepared to read this book. It gets very intense very quickly once their school is attacked. It's drawn and written in a way that was very relatable and evocative. It is a great way to introduce people to the topic of child soldiers and the girls and women who are taken into these groups. It isn't a full history or survey of the issue, but it does provide that case study, that personal story, that gets you interested in knowing more and doing something. I personally got this book to add it to a classroom library (I teach secondary social studies) and think it is a great addition.
These are the stories that people like Angelina Jolie has been trying to get you to pay attention to. She obviously couldn't do it, but this graphic novel is excellent in getting your attention. It has an awesome story, modern coloring that doesn't look as comic book as other graphic novels, and conflicts that are REAL with questions that are hard to answer. This would be an excellent movie. I don't know why no one in Hollywood, Bollywood, BBC or anyone else has not picked it up.