A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
Title
:
A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
Personal Author EPSB
:
Ishmael, Beah
Summary
:
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.
Other Title
:
Memoirs of a boy soldier.
Year Published
:
2007-2008
Physical Description
:
229 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Edition
:
1st pbk. ed.
Awards
:
Alex Award, 2008
Personal Subject
:
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
Subject
:
Child soldiers -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Soldiers -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Children -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Geographic Term
:
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.
Summary
:
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.
ISBN
:
9780143190172
9780374531263
9780329663995
Publisher
:
New York : Sara Crichton, 2008, c2007.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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| Stratford | 966 BEA | Book | 30577000438771 | Teen Fiction |