In 1993, Michael Chikwanine was kidnapped by rebel militants in the Democratic Republic of COngo at the age of five.He later managed to escape and is now a student at the University of Toronto. In a new graphic novel, Child Soldier, co-written by Jessica Dee Humphreys, illustrated by Claudia Dávila, Chikwanine tells his story of heartbreak and survival. The following slides offer just a taste of this activist's creative method for encouraging young readers to be global thinkers.
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Selection from Child Soldier by Jessica Dee Humphreys and Michel Chikwanine and illustrated by Claudia Dávila reprinted by permission of Kids Can Press Ltd., Toronto. Text copyright © 2015 Jessica Dee Humphreys and Michel Chikwanine. Illustrations copyright © 2015 Claudia Dávila.
