Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
ISBN: 13: 978-0-374-53126-3
Price: $12.00 # pages: 229
Call number: 966.404 BRA [B]
copywrite: 2007
Ishmael Beah is one of the first to tell his story of being one of as many as 300,000 child soldiers, hopped-up on drugs and weilding AK-47s in more than 50 conflicts around the world.
Ishmael's journey began when he was 12. He fled attacking rebels and wandered a land,
Sierra Leone, unrecongnizable by violence and brutality.
By 13 he had been picked up by the government army and found himself engaging in truly terrible acts.
Eventually released by the army and sent to a UNICEF rehabilitation center, he struggled to regain his humamity and to re-enter the world of civilians, who viewed him with fear and suspicion.
Ishmael Beah living in the US at the present time.
Recommended for grades 10-12 in such curricular areas as World Lit, World History,and Character Education.
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