A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Hardcover) by Ishmael Beah.
This book has received rave reviews..A true story of a boy of 12 who ‘gets swept up in Sierra Leone’s civil war where his harrowing journey transforms him overnight from an innocent child to being forced into unruly, sociopathic rebel and army forces. He finds himself in the army—in a drug-filled life of casual mass slaughter that lasts until he is 15, until is he is saved by UNICEF and flees to the U.S.
“Everyone in the world should read this book’. The Washington Post
“A breathtaking and unselfpitying account of how a gentle spirit survives a childhood from which all innocence is sucked out. It’s a truly riveting memoir.” Time Magazine
“Beah is a gifted writer. . . Read his memoir and you will be haunted . . . It’s a high price to pay, but it’s worth it.” Newsweek
“Deeply moving, even uplifting… demands to be read.” People Magazine.
“Extraordinary . . ..” The Guardian UK
$15 www.amazon.com Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Fe 13, 2007)
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