Soldier Boy begins with the story of Ricky Richard Anywar]abducted at age fourteen in 1989 to fight with Joseph Kony's rebel army in Ugandas decades-long civil war. Ricky is trained]armed]and forced to fight government soldiers alongside his brutal kidnappers]but never stops dreaming of escape. The story continues twenty years later]with a fictionalized character named Samuel]representative of the thousands of child soldiers Ricky eventually helped rehabilitate as founder of the internationally acclaimed charity Friends of Orphans. Working closely with Ricky himself]debut author Keely Hutton has written an eye-opening audiobook about a boys unbreakable spirit and indomitable courage in the face of unimaginable horror.
