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A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Time Magazine Best Book of the Year A Newsweek Favorite Book of the Year A Quill Book Award Finalist A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Year A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults Winner of the Alex AwardMy 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 going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? 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. In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ishmael Beah
- Publisher
- Sarah Crichton Books
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 4.14 / 5 (215 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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