Awards:
2000 René Goscinny award,
2001 Angoulême International Comics Festival Media award
2007 "Best Reprint Publication" Glyph Comics Awards.
2007 Young Adult Library Services Association list of "Great Graphic Novel for Teens"
Author/Illustrator Website: http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/stassen.html
Media Used: unknown (full color)
Annotation:
This story is about a Hutu boy who follows the example of killing the rival Tutsi tribe. Many events occur, causing him to kill people he regrets, in an attempt to save his own life.
Personal Reaction:
This graphic novel was rather different from what I am used to reading. The plot was at times difficult to follow, as the time period tended to jump around. The bulk of the story simply seemed to be about the boy killing people, with graphic verbal and visual descriptions of chopping people to pieces. This graphic novel does successfully convey the chaos and terror of Rwanda. The book is not for the light of heart.
Curricular Connection: High School Honors World History
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