The story chronicles the Chindits, a band of African soldiers enlisted by the British military and sent to Burma to fight the Japanese. Among them is Farabiti Banana, a 14-year-old Nigerian who becomes a soldier to follow the lead of his friends and hopes the military will make him a man. Once out of training, life becomes increasingly dangerous for Banana and his eight fellow Chindits, and by the novel's climax, he's become a man, but at a great cost.--From Publisher's Weekly.
- ISBN10 006178186X
- ISBN13 9780061781865
- Publish Date 24 March 2009 (first published 1 August 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint HarperCollins Publishers
- Format eBook
- Pages 224
- Language English