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August 14 2013
SRP 2013 REVIEW: A very inspiring book!
August 12 2013
SRP 2013 REVIEW: a thrilling tale of a young boy's struggle to survive on a perilous journey running from rebel armies in an African civil war. Excitement and danger at every turn
August 17 2012
SRP 2012 REVIEW: This book has been assigned to the sophomores as summer reading where I teach. It is very graphic and bloody. The author tells his accounts of fighting for both sides in the Sierra Leone conflict. I did not realize the brainwashing that occurs to these young men from the army and from the rebels. I knew that rebel fighting in Africa was fierce, but in now way did I know the horrors that Beah and others experienced. There is a surprise twist at the end, just when you think he is safe...
October 12 2011
SRP 2011 REVIEW: A heart wrenching tale about how innocent children are torn apart from their families and are brutally manipulated as child soldiers.