Rebel

Series Name: White Lightning Books®

Koji's world is like any boy's. He loves sports. Goes to school. Studies hard. Dreams big. But childhood ends quickly. Rebel forces enter his village. They ransack the school. Their teacher is beaten. Maybe even killed. The boys line up, guns to their backs. Koji's group goes one way. His best friend's another. What's happened to his family? They are all dead, says a rebel. And you will be too if you don't do what we say. They march for hours. Days. One boy drinks too much water. He is hit again and again. Then murdered. The boys watch and learn. That will not be their fate. It's kill or be killed. So they kill.

White Lightning Books® addresses a wide variety of themes and interests in a narrow range of reading levels, no higher than a 2.5. These are not YA or elementary books, a fact younger teens will appreciate. The titles in the White Lightning series are designed with a fast-paced story, mature and age-appropriate topics and short chapters. Each book is approximately 100 pages.

ISBN: 9781680211092

Format: Paperback

Grade Level: 6 to 8

Approximate Grade-Level Equivalent for Series: 1.5 to 2.5

Lexile Level: HL230L

Key Words/ Themes: Africa, Revolution, Violence, War, Child Soldiers, Survival, Historic Fiction, Fiction, Tween, Emergent Reader, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books