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

Places: Burma,  Africa