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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Subverted. Jade turns out to be her real name.
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A regiment stationed north of Gulu. Matteo and his friends infiltrate their ranks while looking for Matteo's little brother.
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A regiment stationed north of Gulu. Matteo and his friends infiltrate their ranks while looking for Matteo's little brother.
brother. On an unspoken agreement, none of the children in this regiment go by their real names, and each squad has its own naming convention (colors, adjectives, types of food, etc).
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** Unless Nyumba is a boy, in which case they qualify for MasculineGirlFeminineBoy.
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** Unless Nyumba is a boy, in which case they qualify for MasculineGirlFeminineBoy.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Eliza. An inversion: Ruth, the machete-wielding SweetPollyOliver, is the Girly Girl to Eliza's Tomboy.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Eliza. An inversion: Ruth, the machete-wielding SweetPollyOliver, is the Girly Girl girly girl to Eliza's Tomboy.tomboy.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Nyumba's girly girl.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl to Jade's tomboy.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Ruth. An inversion: Eliza's wardrobe is nothing but gomesi (long, floor-length dresses) and she has never seen combat, but she is the boisterous Tomboy to Ruth's Girly Girl.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Ruth. An inversion: Eliza's wardrobe is nothing but gomesi (long, floor-length dresses) and she has never seen combat, but she is the boisterous Tomboy tomboy to Ruth's Girly Girl.
girly girl.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Eliza. An inversion: Ruth, the machete-wielding SweetPollyOliver, is the Girly Girl to Eliza's Tomboy.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Ruth. An inversion: Eliza's wardrobe is nothing but gomesi (long, floor-length dresses) and she has never seen combat, but she is the boisterous Tomboy to Ruth's Girly Girl.
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* ComicTrio: With Lazy and Abdel.
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* ThreeAmigos: With Lazy and Abdel.
* ComicTrio: With Marunde and Abdel.
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* ComicTrio: With Marunde and Lazy.
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* ThreeAmigos: With Marunde and Abdel.
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* ThreeAmigos: With Marunde and Lazy.
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* TheMedic: She tries to be this, [[NightmareFuel with horrific results]].
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* ImportantHairAccessory: Her blue headband.
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* HumbleHero: Mentioned above, [[spoiler: it's really she, not Matteo, who saves everyone]], but she doesn't even seem to realize she's done anything noteworthy.
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* FeminineWomenCanCook: Invoked. The LRA is extremely sexist and leaves the fighting to the boys and the domestic responsibilities to the girls. Ruth and the other girls are mostly cooks, gardeners, and porters until Ruth convinces the general, a superstitiously religious man, that the women should fight in the name of God too.
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* FriendToAllChildren: The younger children are magnetically drawn to him. The older children are suspicious of him, mostly because they've never had good experiences with soldiers.
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** [[spoiler: Subverted. He's set up as the hero, but in the end it's Ruth who saves everyone, not Matteo.]]
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** [[spoiler: Subverted. He's set up as the hero, but in the end it's Ruth who saves everyone, not Matteo.]]
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Age seventeen and a squad leader like Asher. He has been with the LRA since he was nine, making him the oldest of the "veterans," and he is slated to join the ranks of the adult officers very soon. A direct {{Foil}} to Auley, the promise of power doesn't entice him at all, and he is [[StiffUpperLip indifferent]] to his horrible life until Matteo shows him that it's possible to escape.
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Age seventeen and a squad leader like Asher. He has been with the LRA since he was nine, making him the The oldest of the "veterans," he has been with the LRA since he was eleven and he is slated to join the ranks of the adult officers very soon. A direct {{Foil}} to Auley, the promise of power doesn't entice him at all, and he is [[StiffUpperLip indifferent]] to his horrible life until Matteo shows him that it's possible to escape.
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* AdultFear: The LRA captured her on the day she skipped school.
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* IronWoobieIronWoobie: She's been through utter ''hell'' and never sheds a single tear.
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* BodyHorror: The whole right side of his face is gashed, he's missing parts of his nose and mouth, his eye droops, and his face is fixed in a permanent scowl. He's so scary looking, he manages to shut up [[MouthyKid Matteo]] when they first meet. '''And''' [[PluckyGirl Eliza]].
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* CatchPhrase: "Inshallah" ("God willing")
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* CatchPhrase: "Holy Moses!"
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* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: With Eliza.
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* [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice King]]: He's kind, careful, and reverent with Ruth in a way that he never acts toward anyone else.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Matteo has a special relationship with his mother that winds up saving his hide in unexpected ways. On a similar note, he can be a brat to other kids his age, but he's very polite to his elders. [[DesignatedVillain Except Luo.]]
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* MamaBear: Not a fighter by choice, and not particularly adept at combat, but when Nami's in danger, she pulls out all the stops.
