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Throughout this debut about a boy orphaned by a U.S. military operation gone wrong in an unspecified Muslim country, the writing is pointed and affecting and sometimes a little distant, as if it were as shell-shocked as its protagonist. Then comes an explosive ending that puts everything into sharp perspective. When Younis was 15, U.S. troops came to his village, having received word that enemy combatant...Log In or Sign Up to Read More