Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace

My librarian suggested that I should read some of the Carnegie Medal nominees, and this was the first one I tried. Set in Zimbabwe shortly after the Civil War, the main character, Robert, is sad to be sent to boarding school and finds it hard to settle in. He gets involved with the wrong set of friends. An intriguing and desperately sad story, as the issues of the Civil War surrounding race and ruling assert themselves in the school. This dark and hard-hitting book asks you to contemplate that which you do not want to think about, as it makes you wonder if you should sometimes agree with the enemy, the bully, for the sake of the greater good.