TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beah,Ishmael
TI  - A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier 
SN  - 0329663992
AV  - DT516.828.B43 A3 2008
U1  - 966.404 BEAB 22
PY  - 2008///, c2007
CY  - New York
PB  - Sara Crichton
KW  - Beah, Ishmael,
KW  - Child soldiers
KW  - Sierra Leone
KW  - Biography
KW  - Children
KW  - sears
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1991-
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - Participation, Juvenile
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1961-
N1  - Library Journal Starred; Pub Weekly; School Library Journal; Booklist, November 2006; Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2007; Kirkus Review, January 2007; Library Journal Starred, March 2007; Multicultural Review, December 2007; New York Times, February 2007; Pub Weekly, December 2006; School Library Journal, April 2007; Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2007; Adult; Adult; Follett Library Resources
N2  - Ishmael Beah describes his experiences after he was driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by the government army at the age of thirteen, serving as a soldier for three years before being removed from fighting by UNICEF and eventually moving to the United States
ER  -