A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier
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Lexile measure:
920L
Rating:
920L
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Published:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
229 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780374105235 : HRD, 0374105235 : HRD, 9780374105235 (HRD), 0374105235 (HRD), 9780374531263, 9780374105235 : HRD, 0374105235 : HRD, 9780374105235, 0374105235
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.1, 13 Points
Level 6.1, 13 Points
Lexile measure:
920
Notes
General Note
"Sarah Crichton books."
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.
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.
Target Audience
920L,Lexile
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APA Citation (style guide)
Beah, I. (2007). A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier. First edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Beah, Ishmael, 1980-. 2007. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Beah, Ishmael, 1980-, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
MLA Citation (style guide)Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. First edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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