A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
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New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008.
ISBN
0374531269, 9780374531263, 9781439514122
Lexile measure
920L
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St. Charles Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction
966.404 BEA
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
229 pages : map ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0374531269, 9780374531263, 9781439514122
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6.1, 13 Points
Lexile measure
920

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"Sarah Crichton books."
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Originally published in hardcover: New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007.
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 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.
Target Audience
920L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,6.1,13,112792.
Awards
Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee 2012.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Beah, I. (2008). A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier (First paperback edition.). Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Beah, Ishmael, 1980-. 2008. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Beah, Ishmael, 1980-. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier First paperback edition., Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008.

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