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The Commander

Story Stats

Rating: 5
Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Page count: 20
Categories: Fantasy, War

Author

Steve
DuBois

Appeared in

One Thousand Words for War: 19 Tales of Conflict and Hope

Story Summary

Fabrice is just a boy in a boy's army, an army fighting men's battles. But Fabrice is also the boy that the mysterious Commander singles out to help end the brutality. The soul of a once living soldier, the Commander is now fated to continue helping the boys until a 24 hour period goes by without the death of a single child.