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A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
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A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
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Ishmael Beah describes his experiences after he was driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by the government army at the age of thirteen, serving as a soldier for three years before being removed from fighting by UNICEF and eventually moving to the United States.
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Title
A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
Call No
39726 A
Edition
First edition.
Authors
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
Subjects
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
Child soldiers--Sierra Leone--Biography.
Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991---Personal narratives.
Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991---Participation, Juvenile--Biography.
Sierra Leone--Social conditions--1961-
Language
English
Published
New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Publication Desc
229 pages : map ;
ISBN
0374105235
LCCN
2006017101
Target Audience
High School (9-12)
Dimensions
22 cm.