A Long Way Gone by Dejaionne Kinard https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9 Dejaionne Kinard en-us 2017-11-12 23:19:26 UTC 2026-01-02 07:27:51 UTC hello@padlet.com 10/10 Recommendation dkinar2177 https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052101 This book is great, it gives insight on what it was really like during the civil war in Sierra Leone. I recommend this book to anyone who likes history and learning about the details of historical wars. ]]> 2017-11-12 23:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052101 " I left home with Junior, my older brother, and our friend Talloi, both a year older than I , to go to the town of Mattru Jong, to participate in our friends' talent show." pg.6 dkinar2177 https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052102 This quote shows what Ishmael's original motivation for going on a pilgrimage was. Later on in the story it changes. ]]> 2017-11-12 23:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052102 Motivation for Journey dkinar2177 https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052103 Ishmael's motivation for going on the pilgrimage is to participate in a talent show but that route changes and now he has to find his family and safety.  ]]> 2017-11-12 23:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052103 Character list dkinar2177 https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052104 Ishmael 
Alhaji                   Gibrilla  
Kaloka                  Khalilou            
Gasemu               Esther
Leslie                   Uncle Tommy
Mambu               Lieutenant
Musa                    Laura Simms
Kanei                  Junior
Mohamed            Talloi


]]> 2017-11-12 23:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052104 The story took place during the 1990's in Sierra Leone. dkinar2177 https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052105 2017-11-12 23:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052105 Ishmael Beah dkinar2177 https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052106 A Long Way Gone is true story of Ishmael Beah, who becomes a unwilling boy soldier during a civil war in Sierra Leone. When he was twelve years old, Beah and his friends created a rap group to participate in a talent show but his village was attacked so him and his friends traveled from village to village in search of food and shelter. ]]> 2017-11-12 23:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052106 A Long Way Gone dkinar2177 https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052107 2017-11-12 23:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dkinar2177/k3hklc88hmf9/wish/206052107