| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
229 pages : map ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
"Sarah Crichton Books." |
| Summary |
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 soldiers have 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 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 Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.--From publisher description. |
| Audience |
920 Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.1 13.0 112792. |
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Reading Counts RC High School 8.1 20 Quiz: 41053 Guided reading level: NR. |
| Subject |
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
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Child soldiers -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
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Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991- -- Personal narratives.
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Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991- -- Participation, Juvenile -- Biography.
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Sierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 1961-
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| ISBN |
0374105235 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780374105235 hardback alkaline paper |
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0374531269 paperback |
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9780374531263 paperback |
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9781439514122 Paw Prints |
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