Mahar is just 10 years old when ISIS kidnaps him in Iraqi Kurdistan and decimates part of his people, the Yazidis. He will spend three years living under the caliphate, enduring indoctrination in child soldier training camps and the hell of combat. And then, the war will come to an end.
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Writer : Anne Poiret
Illustrator : Lars Horneman
Colorist : Lars Horneman
Publisher: Delcourt
144 pages
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