This is the personal memoir of Tchicaya Missamou, a Congolese native who became a child solider at the age of eleven. People often do not think about children having to become involved in Civil Wars in various countries, or those that have to work in laborious jobs to help their families or themselves, especially people in the United States and other Western countries. The things that this author endured before he left his homeland were shocking and like something out of a movie. His life once he made it to the United States was also very interesting. This person has certainly lived a LIFE. 

I thought this book was really engaging. To be honest, I didn't expect a lot from it. I had bought it used and it was in the miscellaneous military history section, but I think I would not have shelved it that way if I would have been in charge of the shelving. At any rate, it was a good book to finish off the 2023 Reading Challenge year with.