Wherever you are ...I'm coming to get you. I'm going to bring you home." Chanda has been dreaming of civil war, lost children, and rivers of blood. Suddenly the dream is real. Rebel soldiers brutally attack her family's village and kidnap her brother and sister. Risking their lives, Chanda and a troubled young tracker must pursue the rebels through the unforgiving bush to save her family.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US 8th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 13 years.

There are 416 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2009 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Allan Stratton is an award-winning and internationally published and produced novelist and playwright. His novel, "Chanda's Secrets," is a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. He lives in Toronto.