A long way gone by Hunter Wright https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2017-06-21 12:53:28 UTC 2025-12-03 22:33:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Biography wrighthj1 https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177096527 "A Long Way Gone is the true story of Ishmael Beah, who becomes an unwilling boy soldier during a civil war in Sierra Leone. When he is twelve years old, Beah's village is attacked while he is away performing in a rap group with friends."]]> 2017-06-21 12:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177096527 wrighthj1 https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177100822
]]> 2017-06-21 13:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177100822 Authors Awards wrighthj1 https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177101008 "Award: 
Best Books for Young Adults
Year this Award was Won: 
2 008
Press release title and URL: 
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/annotations/...
Award Win Active Date: 
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 18:00
Defunct Winner UID: 
2 786
Winner Rank: 
SLCT
Sort field for winners: 
Long Way Gone
Winner Description: 
by Ishmael Beah. Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Sarah Crichton, 2007; $22.00.
Winner Blurb: 

A former child soldier in Sierra Leone recalls the heart-wrenching experiences that transformed him from an innocent 12-year-old into a cold-blooded killer. A 2008 Alex Award winner.

Title of a book, article or other published item (this will display to the public): 
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
ISBN of the winning item: 
978-0-374-10523-5
What type of media is this winner?: 
Book
Winner Detail Create Date: 
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 08:39
Winner Detail Change Date: 
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 08:39
Winner Detail Change ID: 
201
Winner Type: 
PTMD"
]]> 2017-06-21 13:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177101008 Interview Video wrighthj1 https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177101759 2017-06-21 13:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177101759 wrighthj1 https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177102132 This picture shows the where he traveled 
]]> 2017-06-21 13:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177102132 Religion wrighthj1 https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177102657  "Muslims are estimated to comprise 60% of Sierra Leone's population according to the US Department of State,[4] while 20 to 30% are reported to be followers of Christianity, and 5 to 10% of the population practice indigenous animist beliefs"]]> 2017-06-21 13:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177102657 Questions wrighthj1 https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177105995 Where is ishael beah now?
Ishmael Beah lives in New York City]]> 2017-06-21 14:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177105995 music wrighthj1 https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177106680 this is the type of music they listened too in the book ]]> 2017-06-21 14:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177106680 culture wrighthj1 https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177106860 "Temne and Mende people especially refused to pay, attacking and looting trading stations, and killing policemen, missionaries, and all those suspected of assisting the colonial government."

Read more: http://www.everyculture.com/Sa-Th/Sierra-Leone.html#ixzz4keC9P3Ik]]> 2017-06-21 14:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/wrighthj1/s4mbafbylbl/wish/177106860