Tracking the band is fraught with difficulties, including hard to follow tracks, crocodiles, and the African heat in the unforgiving bush country. Nelson catches up with her and, together, they set out to find the rebels and save the children. Nelson's little brother was captured earlier and forced to be a guide to the bandits.Ĭhanda swears that wherever the kids are, she will find them and rescue them. As Chanda and her siblings prepare to leave and return to their home, the rebel band of Mandiki attacks the village and kills her grandfather, among many other people, and kidnaps the children. Chanda is shocked, and adamant that she will not marry this boy. Through Stratton's vivid imagination, we follow Chanda and her small brother and sister as they travel to the next town to visit their grandparents and other relatives.Ĭhanda's family wants her to marry Nelson, the son of a man who they wanted her mother to marry many years ago. Though this is a sequel to CHANDA'S SECRETS, this story is a stand alone book. This fictional treatment of the genocide wars of Africa felt realistic.
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