A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
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A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
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- Label
- A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
- Title remainder
- memoirs of a boy soldier
- Statement of responsibility
- Ishmael Beah
- Subject
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- Sierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 1961-
- Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | War and oppression | War survivors
- Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
- trueSoldiers -- Biography
- true1990s -- 1990 -- 1999
- trueSierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991- -- Participation, Juvenile
- trueCivil war
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueViolence
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991- -- Participation, Juvenile -- Biography
- trueBeah, Ishmael, 1980-
- trueHistory writing -- Africa -- Civil wars and genocide
- trueSierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991- -- Personal narratives
- Child soldiers -- Sierra Leone -- Biography
- Sierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 1961-
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991- -- Personal narratives
- trueSierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Participation, Juvenile
- trueChild soldiers -- Sierra Leone -- Biography
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Personal narratives
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991- -- Participation, Juvenile -- Biography
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts | Civil Wars
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueSierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 1961-
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. Ishmael Beah, now 25 years old, tells how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.--From publisher description
- Award
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- Alex Award, 2008.
- Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2007.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2007
- School Library Journal's Adult Books for High School Students: 2007
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2008
- YALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound - Social Sciences: 2009
- YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2010
- YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2007.
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- Dewey number
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- 966.404
- B
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 920
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- DT516.828.B43
- LC item number
- A3 2008
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 920
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/related_authorities
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- Target audience
- adolescent
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