A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

In a heart-wrenching, candid autobiography, a human rights activist offers a firsthand account of war from the perspective of a former child soldier, detailing the violent civil war that wracked his native Sierra Leone and the government forces that transformed a gentle young boy into a killer as a member of the army. 75,000 first printing.

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The 187th greatest nonfiction book of all time

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1. - 35th on Top 100 World Literature Titles (Perfection Learning)
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	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Edition 1st) by Beah, Ishmael [Paperback(2008£©]	Paperback	807016	$9.22	$4.97	2007
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Basic)	Hardcover	3411361	$10.21	$0.01
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Library Binding	6597225	$19.95	$5.36	2008
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Unabridged Edition by Beah, Ishmael published by Macmillan Audio (2008) Audio CD	Audio CD	722719	$29.66	$25.37
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Paperback	218589	$6.38	$2.57	2008
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Audio CD	351560	$11.86	$7.30	2008
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Paperback	2394346	$54.23	$1.15	2007
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Hardcover	113206	$6.99	$0.25	2007
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	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Audio CD	1237597	$15.00	$2.40	2007
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah	Paperback	1794869	$12.09	$7.76	2009
	A Long Way Gone - Teacher's Guide: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Paperback	9975993	$169.75	$7.00	2007
	A Long Way Gone 1st (first) edition Text Only	Paperback	3314644	$20.76	$4.91
	By Ishmael Beah: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Paperback	1800838	$6.00	$1.58	1904
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Hardcover	1451574	$4.29	$1.07	2007
	Long Way Gone, a (Lib)(CD)	Audio CD	1892627	$14.87	$9.37	2007
	Un largo camino/ A Long Way Gone: Memorias De Un Nino Soldado/ Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	965066	$226.53	$122.77	2008
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Paperback	1963879	$15.80	$2.89	2008
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs Of A Boy Soldier (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)	Library Binding	5292823	$16.93	$16.99	2008
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	By Ishmael Beah: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Hardcover	1859551	$3.35	$2.50	2006
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Library Binding	7993234	$18.92	$14.92	2009
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Paperback	1535063	$8.50	$0.25
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Kindle Edition	982	$6.55		2007
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier By Ishmael Beah	Paperback	1106461	$6.35	$2.25	2008
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Paperback	2457	$5.60	$1.15	2008
	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier	Hardcover	740626		$0.01
	A Long Way Gone 1st (first) edition Text Only	Hardcover	4775056	$14.75	$6.00