Forced to become a child soldier, a sixteen-year-old Somali refugee must confront his painful past in this haunting, thrilling tale of loss and redemption for fans of A Long Way Gone and What is the What When Abdi's family is kidnapped, he's forced to do the unthinkable: become a child soldier with the ruthless jihadi group Al Shabaab. In order to save the lives of those he loves, and earn their freedom, Abdi agrees to be embedded as a spy within the militia's ranks and to send dispatches on their plans to the Americans. The jihadists trust Abdi immediately because his older brother, Dahir, is already one of them, protégé to General Idris, aka the Butcher. If Abdi's duplicity is discovered, he will be killed. For weeks, Abdi trains with them, witnessing atrocity after atrocity, becoming a monster himself, wondering if he's even pretending anymore. He only escapes after he is forced into a suicide bomber's vest, which still leaves him stumps where two of his fingers used to be and his brother near death. Eventually, he finds himself on the streets of Sangui City, Kenya, stealing what he can find to get by, sleeping nights in empty alleyways, wondering what's become of the family that was stolen from him. But everything changes when Abdi's picked up for a petty theft, which sets into motion a chain reaction that forces him to reckon with a past he's been trying to forget. In this riveting, unflinching tale of sacrifice and hope, critically-acclaimed author Natalie C. Anderson delivers another tour-de-force that will leave readers at the edge of their seats.
Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday -
Natalie C. Anderson, Natalie Anderson
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books For Young Readers
2019
352 páginas
11h 44m
ISBN-10: 0399547614
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Natalie C. Anderson
Natalie C. Anderson is an American writer and international development professional based in Geneva, Switzerland with her husband. You can also sometimes find her in the mountains of North Carolina or Nairobi, Kenya. She's spent the last decade working NGOs and the UN on refugee issues around the world, mainly Africa. Natalie was selected as the 2014-2015 Associates of the Boston Public Library Children's Writer-in-Residence. She is represented by Faye Bender, of The Book Group. Her debut YA novel, CITY OF SAINTS AND THIEVES published in January, 2017 with G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House. photo by: Oh, Karina Photography The real deal: I grew up quasi-feral in a lush pocket of the Appalachian Mountains. Even though I haven't lived there since I was 16, if you ask, that's home. The two main rules growing up in my house were do your homework and don't lie. Everything else was up for persuasive argument. Our home was a magnet for errant animals and at some point we became known as the people who will taxidermy road-kill if you bring them something interesting. I went to art school, was a university drop out for a while, did AmeriCorps in Seattle, finished school, did some more school, lived in Africa for a long time, was a leatherworker, a bartender and a social worker at various points. I married a very handsome and charming man. I have stamps for cool places like Djibouti and Brunei in my passport. (boo-yah! (I know, no one says boo-yah anymore. That's how old I am)) I like to play in the dirt. I like salt so much that my husband once got me a salt lick for Christmas. My favorite thing to do is probably eat food. I wrote a book. I hope you like it. ~The End~
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