By Mitali Perkins
YA fiction
Paperback
264 pages
A coworker asked if I'd be willing to read a book he was thinking of teaching next school year (for the book approval process). Of the pile he had, I selected Bamboo People because of the setting.
I lived in Burma decades ago.
It was a quick and easy read - the two main (boy) protagonists set in the backdrop of warfare and military oppression. They are on opposing sides of the conflict, but events bring them together.
It was a good book. Not one I would have picked up simply for the joy of reading, but I am glad to have read it.
