A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier /
By: Beah, Ishmael
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BookPublisher: New York : Sara Crichton, 2008, c2007.Edition: 1st pbk. ed.Description: 229 p. : map ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780374531263 (pbk.); 9780329663995 (Follett bdg.); 0374531269; 0329663992Subject(s): 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 -- Civil War, 1991- -- Participation, Juvenile | Sierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 1961- | Sierra Leone -- History -- Biography | Sierra Leone -- History -- Personal narratives | Sierra Leone -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 966.404 | B
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Awards: Alex Award, 2008.
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.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 966.404 BE LO (Browse shelf) | Available | T0036585 |
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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.
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Alex Award, 2008.