Lost Boys

About this book

Based on historical events this unforgettable and inspiring tale for middle-grade readers is about a young boy torn from the only life hes ever known and held captive as a prisoner of war. In 1982 twelve-year-old Reza has no interest in joining Irans war effort against Iraq. But in the wake of a tragedy and at his mothers urging he decides to enlist assured by the authorities that he will achieve paradise should he die in service to his country. War does not bring the glory the boys of Iran have been promised and Reza soon finds himself held in a prisoner-of-war camp in Iraq where the guards not only threaten violencethey act upon it. Will Reza make it out alive? And if he does will he even have a home to return to? Friendship heartbreak and Rezas very survival are at stake as he finds solace through music and forges his own pathwherever that might take him.