War Brothers: The Graphic Novel - Softcover

McKay and Lafrance based this harrowing story on interviews with escaped child soldiers, and they have kept their focus on the young survivors as they desperately cling to their beliefs, hold out hope for rescue, and struggle with reintegrating into their communities, where people fear that the boys have been irrevocably changed into killers. Lafrance's panels are tinted with soft, rich colors, which belie the heartrending content within. This is a sorrowful and all-too-true story, but one that ends on a hopeful note. (Sarah Hunter Booklist 2013-04-15)

This is a must for the classroom! (Jeffrey Canton Canadian Children's Book News)

Winner of the 2009 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel, Sharon E. McKay's novel War Brothers is a gritty read, graphic in its story premise, in its details, in its reality. (CanLit for Little Canadians 2013-06-01)

This is a powerful graphic novel and a really good read. (J.K. Parkin Comic Book Resources 2013-02-11)

[LaFrance's] realistic drawings enhance the story presenting an unflinchingly dark visual representation of the horrors young boys like Jacob experience at the hands of the LRA. With this graphic-novel adaptation, the author and illustrator reinforce Jacob's conclusion that his role must be to tell the world what is happening to these children, hoping for an end to the violence. (Dean Schneider Horn Book Magazine 2013-06-27)

These components--strong story, powerful storyteller, talented artist--make for a winning combination. (January Magazine 2013-05-30)

Powerful storytelling based on documented experiences; despite being set in 2002, it's as relevant as ever. (Kirkus Reviews 2013-02-15)

The youth of the world have the responsibility and the power to be engaged to alter the future of humanity. War Brothers is a means to convey the plight of child soldiers in Northern Uganda to young people through a lens that is accessible and attention grabbing. Young people should be outraged that their peers are being systematically abused by adults in wars that ultimately benefit no one. (L. Gen the Honourable Romeo A. Dallaire (Ret'd), S)

Normally, I prefer cleaner lines in graphic novels, but the sketchy, colored pencil type look worked really well for this story. It creates kind of a nightmare quality, reflecting the horror of being a child soldier. This is the kind of graphic novel everyone should read. (Martha Dodge NetGalley 2013-02-24)

War Brothers is a riveting and compelling account of a young boy from northern Uganda who is abducted into the Lord's Resistance Army. Sharon McKay and Daniel Lafrance have created a powerful graphic novel that provides a true no-holds-barred account of life as a child soldier. Readers are swept into the world of these child soldiers through intense action and dialogue where they experience their pain and losses, but also their triumphs and their courage. War Brothers presents this gripping tale in an engaging and attractive way for younger readers and fuels the elimination of the weapons system of recruiting children into war. (Melanie Tomsons, Executive Director and CCO Never Again International: Canada 2012-04-01)