A Long Way Gone : Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Paperback)

from Schmerguls

4636. A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah (read 30 Oct 2009) This purports to be an account of the life of the author, born in 1980 in Sierra Leone, and caught up in the devastating civil war in that country. The account of his awful behavior as a young teenage soldier is no...

from mirrani

I can't talk enough about the experience of reading this book. I'm not certain that I could put any of it into words. In a way, it is much like going through a war. People hear about fighting, they see news about it on television, but until they have lived through the experience, they can't prope...

from Litfan

Everyone should read this book. This is the story of Ishmael, a young boy growing up in Sierra Leone, who is caught up in a horrific war and becomes a child soldier. His story captures the essence of his life prior to the war, with glimpses of his family's traditions and affection for each other....

from vortega

Excruciating, harrowing, unbearable, the young life of Ishmael Beah, boy soldier, is a coming-of-age memoir that is heart-breaking and teems with blood and gore. It is a personal account of the political and social collapse of the country of Sierra Leone (west coast of Africa) in the 1990's and o...

from dfredricks

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a truly moving story of the childhood of an African boy who becomes involved in the terrifying world of war. Throughout the book, Ishmael Beah describes the life he once had and the life he now lives due to the affects of the war in Sierra Leone. All t...