A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ismael Beah
Riveting and heartbreaking, this memoir really impacted me. The plight of child soldiers is one I honestly hadn't considered. Beah's story opened my eyes to this issue. I read that an estimated 300K children are serving as soldiers around the world.
Beah recounts his life. At 13 he is forced into war, given drugs, given guns and trained to be a killer. The magnitude of taking lives is so large, what does that do to a child?
This book was quite painful to read, but worth it. Beah was fortunate to get out, I hope he is successful in getting more children out of this dreadful existence.
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