carolina75011 's review for:

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

5.0

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Sad and shocking story about how one boy became a child soldier. And how he was rehabilitated too. Beah's writing is very simple, articulate and evocative. It's amazing that anyone could be rehabilitated from such a brutal and psychologically destructive existence - maybe there's hope for others. Not cheerful fare by any stretch, but very much worth reading.