A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier
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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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Street Date:
0703.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780374105235 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0374105235 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.1, 13 Points
Lexile measure:
920

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"Sarah Crichton Books."
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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.

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