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" The king's rifle / "
Biyi Bandele.
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BL
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| Record Number
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949341
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b703711
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| Main Entry
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Bandele-Thomas, Biyi,1967-
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| Title & Author
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The king's rifle /\ Biyi Bandele.
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| Edition Statement
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1st U.S. ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Amistad,, ©2007.
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216 pages ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0061582662
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: 9780061582660
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| Notes
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"Previously published under the title Burma boy."
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| Abstract
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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.
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Child soldiers-- Africa, Fiction.
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Soldiers, Black-- Africa, Fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns-- Burma, Fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Participation, Juvenile, Fiction.
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Coming of age, Fiction.
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Child soldiers.
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Military campaigns.
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Military participation-- Juvenile.
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Soldiers, Black.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns-- Burma, Fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Children, Fiction.
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Africa.
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Burma.
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| Dewey Classification
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813
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| LC Classification
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PR9387.9.B36K56 2007
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| Added Entry
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Bandele-Thomas, Biyi,1967-
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