A memoirs of a boy soldier Beah, Ishmael 1980- creator text biography nyu New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007 1st ed. monographic eng

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229 p. : map ; 22 cm. 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 Beah, Ishmael "Sarah Crichton Books." 0L-1700L 1 For circulation. 1 copy available in the collection f-sl--- 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- DT 516.828 .B365 2007 M 966.404 B43 2007 0374105235 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780374105235 (hardcover : alk. paper) 2006017101 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2006017101-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2006017101-s.html DLC 060523 20140310182714.0 14386746