Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier / Ishmael Beah. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York : Sara Crichton, 2008, c2007. - 229 p. : map ; 21 cm.
School Library Journal, April 2007. Library Journal Starred, March 2007. Pub Weekly, December 2006. Booklist, November 2006. New York Times, February 2007. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2007. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2007. Kirkus Review, January 2007. Multicultural Review, December 2007. School Library Journal. Library Journal Starred. Pub Weekly.
Ishmael Beah describes his experiences after he was driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by the government army at the age of thirteen, serving as a soldier for three years before being removed from fighting by UNICEF and eventually moving to the United States.
Adult Follett Library Resources.
Alex Award, 2008.
9780374531263 (pbk.) 9780329663995 (Follett bdg.) 0374531269 0329663992
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
Child soldiers--Sierra Leone--Biography.
Soldiers--Sierra Leone--Biography.
Children--Sierra Leone--Biography.
Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991---Personal narratives.
Sierra Leone--History--Participation, Juvenile.--Civil War, 1991-
Sierra Leone--Social conditions--1961-
Sierra Leone--History--Biography.
Sierra Leone--History--Personal narratives.
Sierra Leone--Social conditions.
DT516.828.B43 / A3 2008
966.404 B
A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier / Ishmael Beah. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York : Sara Crichton, 2008, c2007. - 229 p. : map ; 21 cm.
School Library Journal, April 2007. Library Journal Starred, March 2007. Pub Weekly, December 2006. Booklist, November 2006. New York Times, February 2007. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2007. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2007. Kirkus Review, January 2007. Multicultural Review, December 2007. School Library Journal. Library Journal Starred. Pub Weekly.
Ishmael Beah describes his experiences after he was driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by the government army at the age of thirteen, serving as a soldier for three years before being removed from fighting by UNICEF and eventually moving to the United States.
Adult Follett Library Resources.
Alex Award, 2008.
9780374531263 (pbk.) 9780329663995 (Follett bdg.) 0374531269 0329663992
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
Child soldiers--Sierra Leone--Biography.
Soldiers--Sierra Leone--Biography.
Children--Sierra Leone--Biography.
Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991---Personal narratives.
Sierra Leone--History--Participation, Juvenile.--Civil War, 1991-
Sierra Leone--Social conditions--1961-
Sierra Leone--History--Biography.
Sierra Leone--History--Personal narratives.
Sierra Leone--Social conditions.
DT516.828.B43 / A3 2008
966.404 B