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001 2006017101
003 DLC
005 20080404082319.0
008 060523s2007 nyub 000 0aeng
010 $a 2006017101
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016 7 $a013656386$2Uk
020 $a0374105235 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780374105235 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm69423270
035 $a(OCoLC)69423270
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043 $af-sl---
050 00 $aDT516.828.B43$bA3 2007
082 00 $a966.404$aB$222
100 1 $aBeah, Ishmael,$d1980-
245 12 $aA long way gone :$bmemoirs of a boy soldier /$cIshmael Beah.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2007.
300 $a229 p. :$bmap ;$c22 cm.
500 $a"Sarah Crichton Books."
520 $aThis 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.
600 10 $aBeah, Ishmael,$d1980-
651 0 $aSierra Leone$xHistory$yCivil War, 1991-2002$vPersonal narratives.
651 0 $aSierra Leone$xHistory$yCivil War, 1991-2002$xParticipation, Juvenile.
650 0 $aChild soldiers$zSierra Leone$vBiography.
651 0 $aSierra Leone$xSocial conditions$y1961-
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006017101-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2006017101-s.html