Inspired by a true story, two teens kidnapped by an African warlord find salvation through love in a powerful and healing historical novel from the #1 bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley.
Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori are coming of age in Uganda in the 1990s. Outstanding students, they believe in being good humans before they are kidnapped and forced into the fanatical Lord's Resistance Army.
As captives in the Lord's Resistance Army, Anthony grows close to warlord Joseph Kony while relying on his core values to stay sane, while Florence similarly uses her upbringing to keep her dreams alive amidst the chaos.
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All the Glimmering Stars by Mark Sullivan is a powerful historical fiction novel inspired by the harrowing true story of Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori. Set in 1990s Uganda, the narrative follows these two promising, outstanding students whose lives are violently upended when they are kidnapped by the fanatical Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Forced into becoming child soldiers under the brutal, messianic warlord Joseph Kony, both teens must navigate unimaginable chaos, trauma, and psychological manipulation. Anthony ends up in Kony's inner circle, witness to the leader's darkest secrets, while trying desperately to hold onto his childhood lessons about being a good human. Separately, Florence relies on her own grounded upbringing to keep her sanity and dreams alive as she is pulled deeper into the insanity of the war.
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