Victoria T. (justicepirate) reviewed Girl Soldier: A Story of Hope for Northern Uganda's Children on + 350 more book reviews
This book gives us historical accounts on Uganda's history of bloodshed leading up to Joseph Kony's LRA horrors and why it is that he has targeted the Acholi people in order to have a sort of ethnic cleansing through kidnapping children and making them kill their families and neighbors. Since the 1980s he has brought horror to each village in Uganda and into even parts of the Congo now.
A survivor of the LRA, Grace Akallo writes about her childhood, her kidnapping, and how God led her out of these dark places where she sought freedom or death but He kept His hand on her and helped her find deep trust in Him. It was really a beautiful story and I love how her story tied in with learning the history in this book written by Faith McDonnell.
This is a Christian book and gives you perspective on how to pray even for the children suffering there still. While Grace found freedom in 1997, there are still many children today who are being tormented. We are shown ways that we can help end this suffering. It was definitely well presented!
A survivor of the LRA, Grace Akallo writes about her childhood, her kidnapping, and how God led her out of these dark places where she sought freedom or death but He kept His hand on her and helped her find deep trust in Him. It was really a beautiful story and I love how her story tied in with learning the history in this book written by Faith McDonnell.
This is a Christian book and gives you perspective on how to pray even for the children suffering there still. While Grace found freedom in 1997, there are still many children today who are being tormented. We are shown ways that we can help end this suffering. It was definitely well presented!
