{"product_id":"a-long-way-gone-memoirs-of-a-boy-soldier-paperback","title":"A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIshmael Beah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e In the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, \u003ci\u003e A Long Way Gone, \u003c\/i\u003eIshmael Beah tells a riveting story: 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. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Why did you leave Sierra Leone?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Because there is a war.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, all the time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Cool.\"\u003cbr\u003eI smile a little.\u003cbr\u003e\"You should tell us about it sometime.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, sometime.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIshmael Beah\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1980 in Sierra Leone, West Africa. His writing has appeared in The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine, Vespertine Press, LIT, Parabola\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous academic journals. He is a UNICEF Ambassador and Advocate for Children Affected by War; a member of the Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Advisory Committee; an advisory board member at the Center for the Study of Youth and Political Violence at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; visiting scholar at the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University; visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Genocide, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights at Rutgers University; cofounder of the Network of Young People Affected by War (NYPAW); and president of the Ishmael Beah Foundation. He has spoken before the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations, and many panels on the effects of war on children. His book \u003ci\u003eA Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e has been published in over thirty languages and was nominated for a Quill Award in 2007. Time magazine named the book as one of the top ten nonfiction books of 2007, ranking it at number three. Ishmael Beah is a graduate of Oberlin College with a B.A. in Political Science and resides in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 13\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45161383428140,"sku":"9780374531263","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/R3JWNmhDSUs0V0o1WWFZZEE4Uk14dz09.webp?v=1767297314","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/a-long-way-gone-memoirs-of-a-boy-soldier-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}