A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Desc:
229 pages : mapages ; 22 cm.
Lexile measure:
920L
Status:
East Hampton Adult Nonfiction
966.404 BEA
Description
This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. Ishmael Beah, now 25 years old, tells 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.--From publisher description.
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East Hampton Adult Nonfiction
966.404 BEA
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Branford/Blackstone Adult Biography
BIO.BEAH (ISHMAEL)
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East Lyme Public Adult Biography
B BEAH, ISHMAEL (Beah)
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Essex Adult Biography
B BEAH
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Essex Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA B BEAH
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Guilford Adult Biography
BIOG BEAH, ISHMAEL
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Hamden/Brundage Community Adult Biography
B/BEAH
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Hamden/Whitneyville Adult Biographies
B/BEAH
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Ledyard/Bill Nonfiction
B Beah
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Lyme Adult Nonfiction
92 BEAH
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Meriden Adult Biography
BIO BEAH, I
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Middlefield/Coe Adult Biography
BIO BEAH
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North Branford/Smith Teen Biography
Teen Biography BEAH
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North Haven Adult Biography
Biography Beah, Ishmael
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North Stonington/Wheeler Adult Biographies
B BEAH
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Norwich/Otis Adult Biographies
BIO BEAH
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Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Non-Fiction
B BEAH
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Orange/Case Adult Biography
Biography BEAH [Ishmael] Beah
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Orange/Case Teen Nonfiction Book
T Biography BEAH [Ishmael] Beah
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West Haven Main Adult Biography
B BEAH [ISHMAEL]
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Westbrook Adult Non-Fiction
H.S. B BEAH
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Woodbridge Adult Biography
B BEAH
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Beah, Ishmael, -- 1980-
Child soldiers -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Refugees -- United States -- Biography.
Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991- -- Participation, Juvenile -- Biography.
Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991- -- Personal narratives.
Sierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 1961-
Child soldiers -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Refugees -- United States -- Biography.
Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991- -- Participation, Juvenile -- Biography.
Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991- -- Personal narratives.
Sierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 1961-
More Details
Street Date:
0703.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780374105235 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0374105235 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.1, 13 Points
Level 6.1, 13 Points
Lexile measure:
920
Notes
General Note
"Sarah Crichton Books."
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Beah, I. (2007). A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier. New York, Farrar Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Beah, Ishmael, 1980-. 2007. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. New York, Farrar Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Beah, Ishmael, 1980-, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. New York, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2007.
MLA Citation (style guide)Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. New York, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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