Perkins, Mitali,
Bamboo People / Mitali, Perkins. - Charlesbridge, 2012. - 288 pages : 5.44 x 0.79 x 8.19 inches.
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.
9781580893299
Fiction--Soldier
813.6 PER
Bamboo People / Mitali, Perkins. - Charlesbridge, 2012. - 288 pages : 5.44 x 0.79 x 8.19 inches.
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.
9781580893299
Fiction--Soldier
813.6 PER