My high school friends have begun to suspect I haven’t told them the full story of my life.Why did you leave Sierra Leone?Because of the war.Did you witness some fighting?Everyone in the country did.You mean you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?Yes, all the time.COOL.I smile a little.You should tell us about it sometime.Yes, sometime.A Long Way Gone is an autobiographical book written by Ishmael Beah who spent several years caught in the middle of the ci
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Book Review: A Long Way Gone; Memoirs of a Boy Soldier