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

5.0

Tayla G.: When I first picked up this book I thought it wouldn’t be good but as I read it, it caught my interest. It was a sad story at one point because he was a little boy when he was put into the army when he was a little boy. It was kill or be killed as I thought about it. I think if other people read this book it would inspire people because this little boy was only thirteen and he went into the army and it says that you can do anything if you put your mind to it. In addition, when I read this story I felt the pain he went through. From being a little kid to being picked up and traveling all around the world. There was a lot of pain in this story but the book had a happy ending.

Favorite quote: “One of the unsettling things about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn’t sure when or where it was going to end.”(69)