History Literature / SomeoneElsesWar

* SexSlaves: What happens to the girls in the LRA.

* CrapsackWorld: Actually, it's a very beautiful world; it just happens to be set against a backdrop of constant violence and death.

* ActualPacifist

* CrapsackWorld
* DarkestHour

* ReluctantWarrior

* TeenageWasteland

** TheChick: [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth Otto]]

** SixthRanger: [[Cloudcuckoolander Eliza]]

** TheHero: Matteo
** TheLancer: Asher

** TheSmartGuy: Ruth
** TheChick: Otto
** SixthRanger: Eliza

** TheBigGuy: [[{{Tykebomb}} Jeremiah]]

** TheToughGuy: Jeremiah

Yet as Matteo witnesses monstrosity after monstrosity, his desire for peace grows ever stronger. Matteo comes to care deeply for the boys and girls in his regiment, and once he realizes that his fellow child soldiers hate fighting as much as he does, Matteo burdens himself with the unlikely task of uniting all thirty thousand of them in a [[LaResistance rebellion]], coming up with creative ways to free his newfound friends [[ActualPacifist without bloodshed]].

[[KnightInSourArmor Matteo Ta'anari]], a fourteen-year-old [[{{Islam}} Muslim]] boy living in the heart of Uganda, is swept up in the throes of civil war when his little brother, nine-year-old Kalid, is kidnapped by the [[TruthInTelevision Lord's Resistance Army]] to fight as a [[ChildSoldiers soldier]]. Terrified but determined, Matteo hatches a plan to join the army as a willing combatant, find his missing little brother, and bring him home safe. But Matteo's inner nature is [[ReluctantWarrior peaceful]], and as he is forced to kill fellow Muslims, Matteo's heart and conscience both suffer for it.

Yet as Matteo witnesses monstrosity after monstrosity, his desire for peace grows ever stronger. Matteo comes to care deeply for the boys and girls in his regiment, and once he realizes that his fellow child soldiers hate the war as much as he does, Matteo burdens himself with the unlikely task of uniting all thirty thousand of them in a [[LaResistance rebellion]], coming up with creative ways to free his newfound friends [[ActualPacifist without bloodshed]].

!! ''Someone Else's War'' contains examples of:

[[KnightInSourArmor Matteo Ta'anari]], a fourteen-year-old [[{{Islam}} Muslim]] boy living in the heart of Uganda, is swept up in the throes of civil war when his little brother, nine-year-old Kalid, is kidnapped by the [[TruthInTelevision Lord's Resistance Army]] to fight as a [[ChildSoldiers soldier]]. Terrified but determined, Matteo hatches a plan to join the army as a willing combatant, find his missing little brother, and bring him home safe. But Matteo's inner nature is peaceful, and as he is forced to kill fellow Muslims, Matteo's heart and conscience both suffer for it.

Yet as Matteo witnesses monstrosity after monstrosity, his desire for peace grows ever stronger. Matteo comes to care deeply for the boys and girls in his regiment, and once he realizes that his fellow child soldiers hate the war as much as he does, Matteo burdens himself with the unlikely task of uniting all thirty thousand of them in a [[LaResistance rebellion]], coming up with creative ways to free his newfound friends without bloodshed.

[[KnightInSourArmor Matteo Ta'anari]], a fourteen-year-old [[{{Islam}} Muslim]] boy living in the heart of Uganda, is swept up in the throes of civil war when his little brother, nine-year-old Kalid, is kidnapped by the [[TruthInTelevision Lord's Resistance Army]] to fight as a [[ChildSoldiers soldier]]. Terrified but determined, Matteo hatches a plan to join the army as a willing combatant, find his missing little brother, and bring him home safe. But as he is forced to kill fellow Muslims, Matteo's resolve slowly crumbles.

Matteo comes to care deeply for the boys and girls he meets in his regiment, and as he realizes that his fellow child soldiers hate the war as much as he does, Matteo burdens himself with the unlikely task of uniting all thirty thousand of them in a [[LaResistance bloodless rebellion]].

!! [''Someone Else's War''] contains examples of:

Matteo comes to care deeply for the boys and girls he meets in his regiment, and as he realizes that his fellow child soldiers hate the war as much as he does, Matteo burdens himself with the unlikely task of uniting all thirty thousand of them in a [[LaResistance bloodless rebellion]].

[[KnightInSourArmor Matteo Ta'anari]], a fourteen-year-old [[{{Islam}} Muslim]] boy living in the heart of Uganda, is swept up in the throes of civil war when his little brother, nine-year-old Kalid, is kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army to fight as a [[ChildSoldiers soldier]]. Terrified but determined, Matteo hatches a plan to join the army as a willing combatant, find his missing little brother, and bring him home safe. But as he is forced to kill fellow Muslims, Matteo's resolve slowly crumbles.

Matteo Ta'anari, a fourteen-year-old [[{{Islam}} Muslim]] boy living in the heart of Uganda, is swept up in the throes of civil war when his little brother, nine-year-old Kalid, is kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army to fight as a soldier. Terrified but determined, Matteo hatches a plan to join the army as a willing combatant, find his missing little brother, and bring him home safe. But as he is forced to kill fellow Muslims, Matteo's resolve slowly crumbles.

Matteo comes to care deeply for the boys and girls he meets in his regiment, and as he realizes that his fellow child soldiers hate the war as much as he does, Matteo burdens himself with the unlikely task of uniting all thirty thousand of them in a bloodless rebellion.

Matteo Ta'anari, a fourteen-year-old [[{{Islam}} Muslim boy]] living in the heart of Uganda, is swept up in the throes of civil war when his little brother, nine-year-old Kalid, is kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army to fight as a soldier. Terrified but determined, Matteo hatches a plan to join the army as a willing combatant, find his missing little brother, and bring him home safe. But as he is forced to kill fellow Muslims, Matteo's resolve slowly crumbles.

Matteo Ta'anari, a fourteen-year-old Muslim boy living in the heart of Uganda, is swept up in the throes of civil war when his little brother, nine-year-old Kalid, is kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army to fight as a soldier. Terrified but determined, Matteo hatches a plan to join the army as a willing combatant, find his missing little brother, and bring him home safe. But as he is forced to kill fellow Muslims, Matteo's resolve slowly crumbles.