This is a human rights book because this tells how a boy’s basic rights are not met. This book shows how a boy survives through war. First of all, he is mistreated for some parts of the book. When Ismael gets caught by the army he is no properly treated. The supervisors give the kids cocaine and marijuana to make them like killing machines. Every time the boys go to a battle they are given drugs. Eventually, the boys get addicted to drugs. Second of all Ismael cannot make his own decisions. For example, in the army, they have a contest where you have to kill many people as you can. Ismael was chosen and you could not argue about it. Also, everybody is the army had to go to every battle that took place. Lastly, one of the biggest problems Ismael
