A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier / Ishmael Beah.
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TextPublication details: New York : Sara Crichton, 2008, c2007.Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: 229 p. : map ; 21 cmISBN: - 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 -- Civil War, 1991- -- Participation, Juvenile
- Sierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 1961-
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Biography
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Personal narratives
- Sierra Leone -- Social conditions
- 966.404 B 22
- DT516.828.B43 A3 2008
- Alex Award, 2008.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 966.404 BE LO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | T0036585 |
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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.
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