War Brothers

Sharon McKay sets her new novel in Uganda, where Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has, since 1987, abducted up to 30,000 children from their villages and homes for use as soldiers and slaves. It is in these nightmarish times that the fates of 5 boys and a girl are entwined. Captured from their school by the LRA, the boys wait for rescue only to discover that if they are to survive they must rely on themselves. But friendship, courage, and resilience might not be enough to save them. Based in part upon interviews with child soldiers in Northern Uganda, War Brothers is a stunning depiction of the human cost of wars fought by children.

Sharon McKay is an award-winning author of many books for parents and children, includingPenelope from the Our Canadian Girl series. Her first young adult novel,Charlie Wilcox, won the Geoffrey Bilson Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award and the Ruth Schwartz Award.Charlie Wilcox's Great War, the sequel, was nominated for a 2003 Red Maple Award.Esther, her most recent novel for young adults, was shortlisted for a 2004 Governor General's Award.