Beasts of no Nation Author:Uzodinma Iweala In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Haunted by his father's own death at the hands of militants, Agu is vulnerable to the dangerous yet paternal nature of his new commander. While the war rages on, Agu becomes increasi... more »ngly divorced form the life he had known before the conflict started - a life of school friends, church services, and time with his family still intact.
In a powerful, strinkingly original voice that vividly captures Agu's youth and confusion, Uzodinma Iweala has produced a harrowing, inventive, and deeply affecting novel.« less
Haunting, frightening portrait of the lives of child soldiers in Africa. I felt placed in the middle of this boy's life, and felt every ounce of his pain, fear, and finally, his resignation of his bleak fate.