... by war on the isolated island of Bougainville. Matilda, along with all of the inhabitants of Bougainville, anxiously watch the escalating conflict between the rebels otherwise known as "rambos" and the government forces known as the "redskins." Matilda attends school where Mr. Watts, the only white man in Bougainville, reads them the novel "Great ... the isolation the islanders feel along with the fear and constant threat of war they endure. In Bougainville, the islanders are extremely cut off from the outside world. The villagers are "surrounded by sea, and while the redskins' gunboats ...

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