Review by Booklist Review
Recent media exposés have underscored the troubles afflicting African countries, such as Rwanda and Somalia, but since the despotic days of Idi Amin, little attention has been paid to their battle-ridden neighbor, Uganda. With an eye toward correcting this oversight while telling a compellingly original war story, Dysart and Ponticelli introduce an unlikely antihero: Dr. Lwanga Moses, a Harvard-educated African whose philanthropic visit to a Ugandan refugee camp takes a nightmarish turn. One day while Moses and his wife, Sera, are treating maimed children, the doctor suddenly snaps, running into the jungle and shooting a rebel soldier responsible for a child's injury. But the soldier is also a child, and the guilt-ridden doctor tries to destroy his anger by mutilating his own face. After a nun nurses him back to health, Dr. Moses becomes a gun-toting, bandaged-face bodyguard for Uganda's orphaned children, protecting them from government soldiers and guerillas alike. Dysart's dynamic storytelling and Ponticelli's riveting, full-color panels make Dr. Moses' exploits both gripping and timely.--Hays, Carl Copyright 2009 Booklist
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