Ishmael Beah

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (2007)

The blurb from the Washington Post on my cover of A Long Way Gone says, "Everyone in the world should read this book," and I mostly agree, and that's the reason for my four-star rating. Honestly, though, this is not the book it could be or should be, but it is what it is, and Ishmael Beah's story...