Ishmael Beah
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story in his own words: how, at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.
My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life.
"Why did you
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Language
English
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"A haunting, beautiful first novel by the bestselling author of A Long Way Gone. When Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic: a harrowing account of Sierra Leone's civil war and the fate of child soldiers that "everyone in the world should read" (The Washington Post). Now Beah, whom Dave Eggers has called "arguably the most read African writer in contemporary literature,"...
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Language
Español
Description
En 1993, durante el ataque de un grupo rebelde armado a la población de Mattru Jong (Sierra Leona), Ishmael Beah, de 12 años de edad, se ve obligado a escapar hacia la selva, esquivando los cuerpos de los aldeanos abatidos por la disparos.
Tan solo unos días atrás, Ishmael, su hermano Junior y su amigo Talloi habían partido desde Mogbwemo, enfundados en vaqueros holgados y decididos a caminar 26 kilómetros para demostrar sus habilidades como...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Long Way Gone.
A powerful novel about young people living at the margins of society, struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created together.
Hidden away from a harsh outside world, five young people have improvised a home in an abandoned airplane, a relic of their country’s tumultuous past. Elimane, the bookworm, is as street-smart...
A powerful novel about young people living at the margins of society, struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created together.
Hidden away from a harsh outside world, five young people have improvised a home in an abandoned airplane, a relic of their country’s tumultuous past. Elimane, the bookworm, is as street-smart...
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Everything an aspiring memoirist needs to know, in one readable volume, a follow-up to the acclaimed writers' handbook Why We Write For the many amateurs and professionals who write about themselves--bloggers, journal-keepers, aspiring essayists, and memoirists--this book offers inspiration, encouragement, and pithy, practical advice. Twenty of America's bestselling memoirists share their innermost thoughts and hard-earned tips with veteran author...