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020 _a0374105235 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _a9780374105235 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocm69423270
035 _a(OCoLC)69423270
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082 0 0 _aM 966.404
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100 1 _aBeah, Ishmael,
_d1980-
245 1 2 _aA long way gone :
_bmemoirs of a boy soldier
_cBeah, Ishmael
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,
_c2007.
300 _a229 p. :
_bmap ;
_c22 cm.
500 _a"Sarah Crichton Books."
520 _aThis 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.
521 _aHigh School to College Student
526 _c0L-1700L
541 _j1
562 _eFor circulation. 1 copy available in the collection
600 1 0 _aBeah, Ishmael,
_d1980-
650 0 _aChild soldiers
_zSierra Leone
_vBiography.
651 0 _aSierra Leone
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1991-2002
_vPersonal narratives.
651 0 _aSierra Leone
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1991-2002
_xParticipation, Juvenile.
651 0 _aSierra Leone
_xSocial conditions
_y1961-
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-d.html
856 4 1 _3Sample text
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2006017101-s.html
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