Book Review: The Bite of the Mango.

This book made me cry it was so epic. Both triumph and tragedy. It won more than 10 different awards. The main character, Maritau Kamara had experienced more at the age of twelve than most people can experience in a lifetime. She had been through way more than what she deserved. She was a war victim who had earned the well deserved position of a UNICEF Special Representative.

Mariatu was born and raised in a small village in Sierra Leone called Magborou, and had a huge family. She was quite content with her simple life in her village. That was of course before the rebels had attacked. They had abducted Maritau and two of her loved ones. Soon she found herself with her arms chopped off and running to another nearby village where she had hoped rebels weren't located.

On her way there, poisonous snakes, dogs, and all kinds of deadly things had jumped out of the bushes in front of her. They barely even phased her, as long as they weren't rebels.

Halfway there, she had run into a man who she had hoped wouldn't do anything to her. Luckily he wasn't. He guided her to the nearby village. There, they cleaned the crusted blood off of her, and told her to run as fast as she could to a place called Port Loco. Unfortunately, that was the rebels' next destination, however, she had no choice. So she made her way there for help.

I'm not going to recite what happened from there, otherwise I would be giving away too much. As Americans, we would be going to a hospital the second even a deep cut would get into our arms, and it would be sewn shut with stitches. Can you imagine being 12 years old and running from village to village through woods and encountering dangerous wildlife after your arms had been chopped off? This is just one experience story in which happened to be published. Mariatu was just one of the many people who had gone through all of this. So much more had happened to her than just her arms being cut off.

I'm telling you, just read this. You won't regret it. It is by far, my favourite book of all time. She is definitely my hero, and I want to name my next kitty after her. ;]

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