A long way gone Memoirs of a boy soldier Beah, Ishmael 1980- creator text biography nyu New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007 1st ed. monographic eng
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229 p. : map ; 22 cm. "In the more than fifty violent conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them." "In a Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah, now twenty-six years old, tells a story: at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. At sixteen, he was removed from fighting by UNICEF, and through the help of the staff at his rehabilitation center, he learned how to forgive himself, to regain his humanity, and finally, to heal."--BOOK JACKET. Ishmael Beah. "Sarah Crichton Books." f-sl--- Beah, Ishmael 1980- Child soldiers Sierra Leone Biography Sierra Leone History Civil War, 1991-2002 Personal narratives Sierra Leone History Civil War, 1991-2002 Participation, Juvenile Biography Sierra Leone Social conditions 1961- DT 516.828 .B43A3 2007 966.404 B 978-0374531263 2006017101 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-d.html DLC 070216 20151117142525.0 6089062