A Long Way Gone - Wikipedia
WEBA Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a 2007 memoir written by Ishmael Beah, an author from Sierra Leone. The book is a firsthand account of Beah's time as a child soldier during the Sierra Leone Civil War in the 1990s. [1] The book describes the change from Beah being an innocent child to being corrupted by war and its effects.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Goodreads
WEBFeb 13, 2007 · In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: 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.
A Long Way Gone: Full Book Summary - SparkNotes
WEBA short summary of Ismael Beah's A Long Way Gone. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of A Long Way Gone.
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WEBAug 5, 2008 · In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: 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.
- Reviews: 7.5K
- Author: Ishmael Beah
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah Plot Summary - LitCharts
WEBIshmael Beah is a twelve year old boy living an innocent life in the eastern part of Sierra Leone in 1993. Beah’s mother and father are divorced, but he occupies himself with rap music and dancing.
A Long Way Gone: memoirs of a boy soldier by Ishmael Beah …
WEBFeb 15, 2007 · A gripping story of a child’s journey through hell and back. There may be as many as 300,000 child soldiers, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s, in more than fifty conflicts around the world. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.
A Long Way Gone: Study Guide - SparkNotes
WEBA Long Way Gone is Ishmael Beah’s noteworthy memoir published in 2007. Beah gives a firsthand account of his experiences as a child soldier during the Sierra Leone civil war in the 1990s.
A Long Way Gone: memoirs of a boy soldier by Ishmael Beah
WEBFeb 15, 2007 · In A LONG WAY GONE: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Beah, now twenty-six years old, tells a powerfully gripping story: At the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Library Binding
WEBAug 5, 2008 · "Elle Magazine""Beah's memoir, "A Long Way Gone" (Farrar, Straus and -Giroux), is unforgettable testimony that Africa's children--millions of them dying and orphaned by preventable diseases, hundreds of thousands of them forced into battle--have eyes to see and voices to tell what has happened.
- Reviews: 10
- Author: Ishmael Beah
A Long Way Gone - CliffsNotes
WEBA Long Way Gone is the true story of Ishmael Beah, who becomes an unwilling boy soldier during a civil war in Sierra Leone. When he is twelve years old, Beah's village is attacked while he is away performing in a rap group with friends.
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