Someday (U.S. Edition)

Reeks: Yesterday & Tomorrow

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  • “IF
  • YOU
  • WANT
  • TO
  • DIE,
  • SIT
  • DOWN
  • HERE. WE
  • WILL
  • KILL
  • YOU. IF
  • YOU
  • DON’T
  • WANT
  • TO
  • DIE,
  • YOU
  • WILL
  • ENTER
  • THE
  • TRUCK.”Ruth
  • and
  • Gemma
  • have
  • a
  • Physics
  • exam
  • in
  • the
  • morning. Becky
  • and
  • Alleluia
  • have
  • college
  • entrance
  • tests. So
  • it’s
  • an
  • absolute
  • nightmare
  • to
  • be
  • woken
  • by
  • the
  • fire
  • alarm
  • in
  • dead
  • of
  • the
  • night. But
  • for
  • them,
  • and
  • for
  • 272
  • other
  • girls
  • from
  • Chisbrook
  • Hall
  • girls
  • boarding
  • school,
  • the
  • real
  • nightmare
  • is
  • just
  • beginning. Because
  • ‘al-Qabda’
  • are
  • taking
  • them
  • all
  • away. Whether
  • they
  • want
  • to
  • go
  • or
  • not.A
  • retelling
  • of
  • the
  • kidnapping
  • of
  • the
  • Nigerian
  • schoolgirls...
  • with
  • a
  • twist.“I
  • hope
  • that
  • SOMEDAY
  • will
  • help
  • people
  • living
  • in
  • a
  • different
  • culture,
  • in
  • a
  • security
  • most
  • Christians,
  • and
  • indeed
  • Muslims,
  • in
  • north-eastern
  • Nigeria
  • can
  • scarcely
  • imagine,
  • to
  • better
  • understand
  • what
  • people
  • are
  • suffering
  • here.” IGNATIUS
  • A.
  • KAIGAMA,
  • Archbishop
  • of
  • Jos,
  • Nigeria.“SOMEDAY
  • is
  • an
  • important
  • novella
  • that
  • highlights
  • the
  • largely
  • unsung
  • heroism
  • of
  • persecuted
  • Christians,
  • and
  • should
  • make
  • those
  • of
  • us
  • in
  • 'safe'
  • countries
  • consider:
  • are
  • we
  • ready
  • to
  • count
  • the
  • cost?” REGINA
  • DOMAN,
  • author
  • of
  • THE
  • FAIRYTALE
  • NOVELS“The
  • kidnapping
  • of
  • the
  • Nigerian
  • girls
  • should
  • never
  • be
  • written
  • off
  • merely
  • as
  • an
  • unpleasant
  • historical
  • event,
  • about
  • which
  • we
  • can
  • no
  • longer
  • do
  • anything
  • This
  • book
  • leaves
  • you
  • wanting
  • to
  • know
  • more,
  • wanting
  • the
  • girls
  • to
  • be
  • rescued,
  • wanting
  • a
  • happy
  • ending.
  • Alas,
  • real
  • life
  • is
  • different.” The
  • Right
  • Honourable
  • ANN
  • WIDDECOMBE, DSG
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