{"product_id":"soldier-boy-158444","title":"Soldier Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing, shocking book - part non-fiction, part novel - based on the true story of a child soldier in Uganda who survived war and enslavement and went on to create a haven for others who suffered a similar fate.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoldier Boy begins with the story of Ricky Richard Anywar, abducted at age fourteen in 1989 to fight with Joseph Kony's rebel army in Uganda’s decades-long civil war. Ricky is trained, armed, and forced to fight government soldiers alongside his brutal kidnappers, but never stops dreaming of escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorking closely with Ricky himself, debut author Keely Hutton has written an eye-opening book about a boy’s unbreakable spirit and indomitable courage. Beginning in Africa amidst the horrors of civil war, his is a story that is as uplifting as it is heartwrenching.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Gift Land","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925324304473,"sku":"9781250158444","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/0206\/3705\/files\/9781250158444.jpg?v=1766071752","url":"https:\/\/royalgiftland.com\/fr\/products\/soldier-boy-158444","provider":"Royal Gift Land","version":"1.0","type":"link"}