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This book was amazing. Whether or not you know anything about child soldiers in Africa, you will learn a tremendous amount about this conflict still going on in much of Africa even today. I was truly amazed at just one boy's story out of thousands in this untold war. Please don't just read this book and not do anything about it.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah
My new friends have begun to suspect I haven’t told them the full story of my life.“Why did you leave Sierra Leone?”“Because there is a war.”“You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?”“Yes, all the time.”“Cool.”I smile a little.“You should tell us about it sometime.”“Yes, sometime.”This 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 goi ... read more
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