02756cam a2200481 a 4500 14386746 OSt 20140310182714.0 060523s2007 nyub 000 0aeng 2006017101 GBA708906 bnb 013656386 Uk 0374105235 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780374105235 (hardcover : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocm69423270 (OCoLC)69423270 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA GK8 UKM C#P YDXCP IXA BUR DLC f-sl--- DT 516.828 .B365 2007 M 966.404 B43 2007 Beah, Ishmael, 1980- A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier Beah, Ishmael 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. 229 p. : map ; 22 cm. "Sarah Crichton Books." 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. High School to College Student 0L-1700L 1 For circulation. 1 copy available in the collection Beah, Ishmael, 1980- Child soldiers Sierra Leone Biography. Sierra Leone History Civil War, 1991-2002 Personal narratives. Sierra Leone History Civil War, 1991-2002 Participation, Juvenile. Sierra Leone Social conditions 1961- Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-d.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2006017101-s.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK M 15265 15265 0 0 lcc 0 CL CL GC 2012-04-20 0 DT 516.828 .B365 2007 C13038 2018-05-15 00:00:00 1 2012-04-20 BK