A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? 

In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: 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. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.

Note: This title was published for the adult market and includes graphic scences of violence as well as disturbing content.