Completion Date: 3/26/2009
Rating: *
Number of Pages: 240
So...I've decided that perhaps I've been going into a little bit too much detail on these book things. What I mean by that is that I give you pretty much the entire plot of the book. Mostly. Shouldn't I be letting you find out for yourself? I mean...if it's a good book, I wouldn't want people ruining the plot for me. Anyway, I'll probably just go into a little less detail for you.
A Long Way Gone is a true story. It's a memoir...duh. It's even in the title. Anyway! It's a very sad story about a boy who is running from the Revolutionary Union Front (RUF or rebels) in the country Sierra Leone. He is eventually put into the army to fight these rebels. His experience there is absolutely brutal and takes away his humanity, really.
He is in the army for a while before he gets taken out and put into a rehabilitation program. He finds family and eventually goes to New York City to live. There's a lot more to the story, and it's really fascinating to see how this boy learned to be a boy again, rather than just a soldier. Yes, it's very sad at some moments and rather gruesome at others, it's a very good book and is highly recommended by me. :)
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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