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Bamboo People
Bamboo People
Author: Mitali Perkins
Bang! A side door bursts open. — Soldiers pour into the room. They're shouting and waving rifles. — I shield my head with my arms. It was a lie! I think, my mind racing. — Girls and boys alike are screaming. The soldiers prod and herd some of us together and push the rest apart as if we're cows or goats. — Their leader, though, is a midd...  more »

Chiko isn't a fighter by nature. He's a book-loving Burmese boy whose father, a doctor, is in prison for resisting the government. Tu Reh, on the other hand, wants to fight for freedom after watching Burmese soldiers destroy his Karenni family's home and bamboo fields. Timidity becomes courage and anger becomes compassion as each boy is changed by unlikely friendships formed under extreme circumstances.
ISBN-13: 9781580893282
ISBN-10: 1580893287
Publication Date: 7/1/2010
Pages: 272
Edition: New
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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