A Long Way Gone by Ishmal Beah

A Long Way Gone by Ishmal Beah

What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? This title tells the author's 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 found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.

Ishmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone, West Africa, in the year 1980. His work has appeared in a variety of publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Vespertine Press, LIT, Parabola, and a number of 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 Council; an advisory board member at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Center for the Study of Youth and Political Violence; a visiting scholar at Columbia University's Center for International Conflict Resolution; and a visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Center for the Study of Youth and Political Violence. On the effects of war on children, he has addressed the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations, and several panels. His book A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Child Soldier was nominated for a Quill Award in 2007 and has been translated into over thirty languages.

The book was ranked third among the top ten nonfiction books of 2007, according to Time magazine. Ishmael Beah earned his B.A. from Oberlin College. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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ISBN 13	9780374105235
ISBN 10	0374105235
Title	A Long Way Gone
Author	Ishmal Beah
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
Year published	2007-02-13
Number of pages	240
Prizes	Winner of New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award (Nonfiction) 2007, Winner of Christopher Awards (Books for Adults) 2008, Winner of Alex Awards 2008, Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Current Interest) 2007, Commended for Tayshas Reading 2008, Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Fourteen and Up) 2008, Commended for Grand Canyon Reader Award (Teen) 2010, Short-listed for Quill Awards (Biography/Memoir) 2007, Short-listed for Quill Awards (Debut Author) 2007, Short-listed for Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award 2009
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