Book
Son of a Gun
- Published
- 2012
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Pages
- 125
- Words
- 19029
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 4.7
- AR interest level
- MG+ — upper middle grades, 6–8
- Lexile
- 700L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 10–13
Eight-year-old Liberian Lucky, his older sister, Nopi, and their schoolmates are kidnapped and forced to become child soldiers, but even after they escape and are reunited with their parents, their lives will never be the same.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780802854063
- ISBN-10
- 0802854060
Tags
ALSC NotablesFamily Life-SiblingsHistorical FictionMysteries-KidnappingsPeople-ChildrenSocial Issues-ViolenceWars-Misc./OtherWest Africa