In A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story in his own words: how, 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.
This is how wars are fought now by children, hopped up on drugs, and wielding AK-47s. 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. How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But it is rare to find a first-person account from someone who endured this hell and survived.
This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.
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- Ishmael Beah - Author
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781427202314
- File size: 222719 KB
- Release date: September 23, 2008
- Duration: 07:43:59
MP3 audiobook
- ISBN: 9781427202314
- File size: 222748 KB
- Release date: September 23, 2008
- Duration: 07:43:55
- Number of parts: 7
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English
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Lexile® Measure:920
Text Difficulty:4-5