![]() ![]() After his return to civilian life, he began traveling the United States recounting his story. Three years later, UNICEF rescued him from the unit and put him into a rehabilitation program that helped him find his uncle, who would eventually adopt him. By 13 years old, he had perpetrated and witnessed numerous acts of violence. He wandered the war-filled country until he was brainwashed and recruited into an army unit of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces that forced him to use guns and drugs. However, some news outlets and historians have claimed parts of the novel do not correlate with historical events and could possibly be inaccurate.īeah was 12 years old when he fled his village after it was attacked by "rebels", members of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). The book received positive reception and won several awards. The book describes the change from Beah being an innocent child to being corrupted by war and its effects. The book is a firsthand account of Beah's time as a child soldier during the Sierra Leone Civil War in the 1990s. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a 2007 memoir written by Ishmael Beah, an author from Sierra Leone. ![]()
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