Sixteen

Jumah is about to turn 16 and is already in need of a fresh start Burdened with the shameful legacy of a past as a child soldier in the Congo he lives with his adoptive mother in west London where he struggles to keep a lid on his history of violence One night enjoying a rare carefree evening out with a new friend Jumah witnesses something that draws him seemingly inescapably into his old ways As he and others around him begin to question whether he can ever stop being a soldier hes set on a path to find out who he truly wishes to be