A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(4)
4 star
 
(2)
3 star
 
(0)
2 star
 
(0)
1 star
 
(0)
Author:
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
Language:
English
Lexile measure:
920L
Choose a Format
Book
      Show Edition
On Shelf
Athens Drive Community - Biography
B BEAH
Cary Regional - Biography
B BEAH
East Regional - Biography
B BEAH
  Quick Copy View
Place Hold
Also in This Series
More Details
ISBN:
9780374105235
9780374531263
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.1, 13 Points
Lexile measure:
920L
Published Reviews
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View

Grouping Information

Grouped Work IDfabe502c-26f6-7140-16ec-46ee7b9242a8
Grouping Titlelong way gone memoirs of a boy soldier
Grouping Authorishmael beah
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2024-04-22 03:09:14AM
Last Indexed2024-04-29 03:15:11AM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_interest_level
UG
accelerated_reader_point_value
13
accelerated_reader_reading_level
6.1
author
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
author_display
Beah, Ishmael
available_at_catalog
Athens Drive Community
Cary Regional
East Regional
Eva H. Perry Regional
Middle Creek Community
Northeast Regional
West Regional
collection_catalog
Biography
detailed_location_catalog
Athens Drive Community - Biography
Cary Regional - Biography
East Regional - Biography
Eva H. Perry Regional - Biography
Middlecreek Community - Biography
Northeast Regional - Biography
West Regional - Biography
display_description
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 soldiershave 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 oftwelve, 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. A human rights activist offers a firsthand account of war from the perspective of a former child soldier, detailing the violent civil war that wracked his native Sierra Leone and the government forces that transformed a gentle young boy into a killer as a member of the army.
format_catalog
Book
format_category_catalog
Books
id
fabe502c-26f6-7140-16ec-46ee7b9242a8
isbn
9780374105235
9780374531263
last_indexed
2024-04-29T07:15:11.051Z
lexile_score
920
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_catalog
B BEAH
owning_library_catalog
Wake County Public Libraries
owning_location_catalog
Athens Drive Community
Cary Regional
East Regional
Eva H. Perry Regional
Middle Creek Community
Northeast Regional
West Regional
primary_isbn
9780374105235
publishDate
2007
publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Beah, Ishmael, -- 1980-
Child soldiers -- Sierra Leone -- Biography
Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Participation, Juvenile -- Biography
Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Personal narratives
Sierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 1961-
title_display
A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
title_full
A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier / Ishmael Beah
title_short
A long way gone
title_sub
memoirs of a boy soldier
topic_facet
Beah, Ishmael
Child soldiers
History
Participation, Juvenile
Social conditions

Solr Details Tables

item_details

Bib IdItem IdShelf LocCall NumFormatFormat CategoryNum CopiesIs Order ItemIs eContenteContent SourceeContent URLDetailed StatusLast CheckinLocation
ils:4684256976397Cary Regional - BiographyB BEAH1falsefalseChecked outCRY
ils:4684256976404Northeast Regional - BiographyB BEAH1falsefalseOn ShelfNER
ils:4684256976392Middlecreek Community - BiographyB BEAH1falsefalseOn ShelfMID
ils:4684256976396Eva H. Perry Regional - BiographyB BEAH1falsefalseOn ShelfEVA
ils:4684256976391East Regional - BiographyB BEAH1falsefalseChecked outERL
ils:4684256976398East Regional - BiographyB BEAH1falsefalseOn ShelfERL
ils:4684256976403Cary Regional - BiographyB BEAH1falsefalseOn ShelfCRY
ils:4684253666461Athens Drive Community - BiographyB BEAH1falsefalseOn ShelfADR
ils:4684257309789West Regional - BiographyB BEAH1falsefalseOn ShelfWRL

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
ils:468425BookBooksFirst editionEnglishFarrar, Straus and Giroux2007229 pages : map ; 22 cm

scoping_details_catalog

Bib IdItem IdGrouped StatusStatusLocally OwnedAvailableHoldableBookableIn Library Use OnlyLibrary OwnedHoldable PTypesBookable PTypesLocal Url
ils:4684256976397Checked outChecked outfalsefalsetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:4684256976404On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:4684256976392On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:4684256976396On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:4684256976391Checked outChecked outfalsefalsetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:4684256976398On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:4684256976403On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:4684253666461On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:4684257309789On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
Borrower Reviews