As civil war engulfs his West African country, Agu, a school-age child whose father had been killed by militants, is recruited into a unit of guerilla fighters. As the war rages on, he becomes more and more separated from the life he had known before that had been filled with friends, church services, and time with his family. Now, his relationship with his commander deepens and darkens, and his friendship with a fellow soldier lends a deceptive sense...

After breaking free of The Program, Boy Nobody is on a mission of his own to reclaim his life and rescue his friend Howard from the secret organization that has turned him and other orphaned children into trained assassins--but he has no idea who, if anyone, he can trust, or what the consequences will be if he succeeds in bringing down The Program.

"Forced to become a child soldier, sixteen-year-old Somali refugee Abdi, must confront his painful past"--