Description
Ishmael Beah's memoir recounts his harrowing journey from a normal childhood in Sierra Leone to becoming a child soldier during a brutal civil war. Forced to flee his village at twelve, he was soon conscripted into the government army, where the gentle boy he once was transformed into a killer. This powerful narrative offers a rare and unflinching first-person account of the devastating realities of war through the eyes of a child, exploring how one becomes a soldier and the arduous path to reclaiming humanity.
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hardcover
Sarah Crichton Books
Published Jan 1, 2007
240 pages
ISBN: 9780374105235
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First Published
2007
Language
eng
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Content and trigger warnings for A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah.