Books like Child Soldier by Jessica Dee Humphreys

The Kite Runner follows an unlikely friendship between a privileged boy and the son of his father’s servant amid Afghanistan’s turbulent history, exploring betrayal, redemption, and the father‑son bond.

Alison Bechdel revisits her childhood in this graphic memoir, uncovering the layered relationship with her mother—an avid reader, music lover, and concealed gay artist—while exploring psychoanalysis, literary heritage, and the quest for understanding.

Philip Gourevitch’s first‑hand account traces the 1994 Rwandan genocide, its swift aftermath, and the personal, political, and psychological challenges that shaped Rwanda’s path toward justice and national cohesion.

A call to abolish the prison system as the dominant way of responding to America's social ills.

187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmGN500L Lexile

War Child is the autobiographical journey of Emmanuel Jal from Sudanese village boy to child soldier, British‑adopted survivor, and acclaimed rap musician who uses his voice to aid displaced children.

An extraordinary memoir by John McCline, a former slave from Tennessee's Clover Bottoms, recounting his experiences as a soldier during the Civil War and the hardships he faced as a child in bondage.

A graphic memoir that captures the death of Nina Bunjevac’s father and traces the impact of fascist and communist Yugoslavia on her family and homeland.

Dans plus de trente conflits mondiaux, les gouvernements comme les acteurs non gouvernementaux ont recours aux enfants soldats : ils exigent une technologie limitée et des frais de subsistance minimes, font montre d'une polyvalence inégalée dans les combats de faible intensité et sont parfois capables d'une barbarie étonnante. L'homme a créé l'ultime arme, bon marché, renouvelable et pourtant raffinée, au prix de l'avenir de l'humanité : ses enfants. Roméo Dallaire y a été confronté lors du génocide de 1994 au Rwanda. Sa mission : abolir cette abominable pratique et éliminer la pensée même d'impliquer les enfants dans les guerres. Ils se battent comme des soldats, ils meurent comme des enfants est un plaidoyer qui vise à protéger l'imagination et la saine croissance des enfants du monde entier. L'auteur prêche par l'exemple en puisant dans sa propre expérience pour aider ses semblables à mieux saisir la réalité des enfants soldats. Sans prétendre être l'égal de son modèle, il s'inspire du Petit Prince, œuvre impérissable d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, pour illustrer dans quelques chapitres de fiction toute l'horreur des enfants soldats. [site de l'éd.].

This book recounts the rise of Sam Childers from violent, drug-addicted biker to a man willing to risk everything to rescue the orphans and child soldiers of Sudan. "All my life, from birth, it's been a fight. And it always seemed to be another man's war. I always seemed to be fighting for someone else. But it always came back to me. The Word says we're born into sin, and sin always comes back to war." - Sam Childers. Sam Childers has always been a fighter. Born to a violent father and a mother of great faith, his life was a contradiction. With an affinity for drugs and women, the angry young man grew into a drug-dealing biker. But that was then. Nowadays Sam -- along with the cadre of Sudanese soldiers he employs -- spends his time in the most dangerous parts of Sudan and Uganda rescuing the youngest victims of war, orphans and child-soldiers. His mission is simple: save the children, no matter the cost. - Publisher.

Two German and American boys join opposing armies during World War II, but their paths cross in the Battle of the Bulge.

French cartoonist Emmanuel Guibert chronicles the life of American veteran Alan Cope in a graphic biography that spans Cope’s childhood in Depression‑era California and his service as a GI in France during World War II.