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Chandra Kabelo, a teenaged African girl, must save her younger siblings after they are kidnapped and forced to serve as child soldiers in General Mandiki's rebel army.
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(High School) This sequel follows right on the heels of Chanda's Secret, which was set in a fictitious southern African country. Chanda and her younger siblings, Iris and Soly, are living as a makeshift family with Chanda's friend Esther and her younger siblings. Chanda is unable to forgive her grandmother for abandoning their mother when she contracted AIDS, but when Granny invites them to visit, Chanda agrees to make the journey to her village. Chanda finds forgiveness even more difficult when, in order to secure her own future, Granny arranges a marriage between Chanda and a neighbor. The book's slow pace finally picks up when rebel soldiers invade the village, capture Soly and Iris and other children, and force them into military slavery. Readers will need the first book to untangle the various characters and relationships, and the plot becomes a convenience to show the brutal treatment of children during wartime. Still, the inhumanity of which humankind is capable -- within families, toward strangers, and for political gain -- emerges clearly along with Chanda's unwavering strength and determination. Copyright 2008 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Wow. This book was GREAT. I loved it, it had a lot of emotion, it was a bit long but I couldn't put it down. It was so so so addicting x) but it was honestly well written, and it was just great.
Candra's Wars was interesting at the wend, but i found that the beginning was very slow. It took a while for the author to explain what was heppening.
This is a very touching novel. I enjoyed reading it, and was able to really imagine what Chanda was going through..
Fantastic Book! Not your regular just about tragedies of war. Speaks of the war within and out allows you to explore the mind of one who's lost so much and try's to hold on to whats still there.
Chanda's Wars was an amazing novel. Although it was full of adventures and is basically a fiction, it was hard to believe that a teenage girl is running around to find her siblings who are lost in Africa. It was kind of unrealistic, but I only liked this novel because it expresses the emotions of how you would feel when suffering or gaining.
really enjoyed this book....