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the book A long Way Gone is about a boy name Ishmael is is forced to be a child soldier

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the war started in March 23, 1991 and ended in January 18th , 2002 (10 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 5 day) there were between 50,000-300,000 people killed in the conflict the UN was brought in to help out the RUF force was the main rebel force in this conflict. Sierra Leone had the UK helping them fight the rebel forces. the rebels got most of there money for gun from the diamonds in the country and they also bought drugs like heroin and coke to get the child soldiers addicted so they could brain wash them to fight for them

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a picture of child soldiers during the civil war in Sierra Leone

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this is a map of the country that this takes place in

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born November 23, 1980 he is now 36 and living in New York he wrote 2 other books

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At the age of 12 Ishmael was running from the civil war in Sierre Leone at the age of 13 he was picked up by the government and forced to fight until he was 16 when UNICEF removed him from the fighting a taught him how to forgive himself to go back to a normal bo

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At the age of 12 Ishmael was running from the civil war in Sierre Leone at the age of 13 he was picked up by the government and forced to fight until he was 16 when UNICEF removed him from the fighting a taught him how to forgive himself to go back to a normal bo

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A Long Way Gone was nominated for Quill Award in the Best Debut Author category for 2006.

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Ishmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone in 1980. When he was 13, he was forced to become a child soldier during the civil war between the Sierra Leonean government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). For the next four years, Beah witnessed numerous atrocities and was forced to kill and torture people in the name of war.

He was rescued from the government army by The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and given a chance at a new life with his uncle. Beah was later chosen as one of two children to represent Sierra Leone at the United Nations First International Children's Parliament. His heartfelt account of the violence he faced and his testimony of the existence of thousands of children like him moved the UN. Laura Simms, a member of the UN, eventually adopted Beah as her son. In 1998, Beah moved to New York City with Simms. Beah is a graduate of the United Nations International School and Oberlin College.

Beah is a member of the Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Division Advisory Committee and has spoken to various governmental bodies about the plight of children affected by war. He is also the head of the Ishmael Beah Foundation, dedicated to helping former child soldiers find new lives by reintegrating into society. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
http://www.gradesaver.com/author/ishmael-beah