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In October 1996, thirty Ugandan schoolgirls were abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army and disappeared into the bush of Northern Uganda. The girls were raped and tortured before being forced to become child soldiers and sex slaves.
This was only one out of thousands of child kidnappings by merciless madman and rebel leader Joseph Kony. But for the battered civilians terrorized by rebel warfare and neglected by corrupt government, this was the breaking point. Something had to be done—the world needed to know and their girls needed to be brought home.
Kathy Cook’s one-on-one interviews with the surviving girls and their mothers make their fear, frustration, and suffering overwhelmingly real. With exceptional insight gained from on-location research, Cook gives us an authoritative account of how concerned parents, interfaith groups, politicians from Canada and the United States, and NGOs banded together in a struggle to rescue the girls and to mobilize a people, their country, and a global community.
An emotionally charged retelling of a heartbreaking true story, Stolen Angels reminds us of the importance of faith, strength, and determination in the face of adversity.
About the Author
Kathy Cook is an internationally acclaimed journalist whose work has been published around the world, in over forty countries and in eighteen languages. In Canada, her pieces have appeared in Reader’s Digest, the National Post, Walrus, and the Ottawa Citizen. She has won several awards, including a Canadian National Magazine Award in the category of politics and public interest in 2005. This is her first book. She lives in Ottawa.
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An Important and Unbelievable Book about Africa,
By Lucy Anderson (Vancouver) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stolen Angels: The Kidnapped Girls of Uganda (Paperback)
Right from the first page this story grabbed me and wouldn't let me go. It's a story of depravity and redemption, and the horror of it is that it's a true story. What the girls went through is unbelievable, and how such wide scale abductions could occur in Northern Uganda without anyone doing anything to stop it is devastating. Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army is an insane psychopath, and I was shocked that someone like him could have so much power. I was also especially touched by the strength of the mothers, who travelled the world, even appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Show, in their mission to get their girls freed from their captors. Beyond keeping me hooked through the drama of the lives of child soldiers and sex slaves, the book gave me a solid understanding of the inter-related politics and Western culpability in this tragic war -- which is now Africa's longest war and still ongoing. Everyone should read this book, to understand and to be inspired by the heroes who fought to rescue the girls. I finished this book two weeks ago, and find myself still thinking about it, and even dreaming about it.
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Shocking, mooving, unbelievable!,
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This review is from: Stolen Angels: The Kidnapped Girls of Uganda (Paperback)
What a sheltered life I've lead to not know about the tragedies of child soldiers in Uganda. We should be inspired by the faith of these girls and the hope they share with their wounded country.
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Very brave women,
By Debra L. McIver - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Stolen Angels: The Kidnapped Girls of Uganda (Paperback)
Although a little reluctant to read this book, I was compelled to learn more about the awful situation in Uganda and surrounding countries in Africa. This story is about the brave girls and women who were kidnapped, raped, and made to become soldiers and slaves of Joseph Kony. These particular girls attended a school run by the Comboni Missionary Sisters. I am a personal friend to several Comboni Missionary Sisters, one of whom had been in Uganda for 20 years. These are truly brave women who want nothing more than to give the African people a better way of life and hope for their future. I was very humbled. This is a story that must be read.
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