This is where the book is really starting to heat up we find our boys to a village where they are told their parents are located. This makes them happy and are on their way to the said village which has no name. When they reach the village they are coming over the hill when gunfire breaks and the boys wait for a long time. Later on they enter the village to find out that the rebels had killed everyone there. This made Ishmael very angry and sad all at the same time. While they waited rebels showed up and began smoking marijuana and playing cards. After a while the boys made some noise and they began to open fire. The boys began to run for hours and when they stopped one of the boys named Silas began to cry and flung himself on the ground. He was bleeding and they were all watching and trying to stop the bleeding but were unable to. This was very sad as Ishmael had the blood of one of his friends all over his hands. He had just lost another friend earlier from some unknown illness and that had already left the boys in a very vulnerable state. These boys have gone through hell and back and they still have quite a ways to go till they are close to freedom. After that they came to the village of Yele where the military has occupied the village using it as a forward HQ. The village was filled with laughter soldiers and a false sense of safety. After awhile the soldiers began returning with little survivors and began requesting people to bring up arms which means that the boys are going to have to start fighting and this is just the beginning
This book is really starting to heat up and i cant wait to see how Ishmael handles himself in battle where as the rest of the boys seem to be much more eager to kill the rebels. They have seen more death than anyone I've ever known and they haven't even seen battle yet. Ishmael is a strong young man and he has potential I'm just scared that his friends aren't going to make it out of battle.
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