"A Long Way Gone" By Ishmael Beah

Over the break i completed The Blind Side- which i highly recommend to any sports fan. I also re-read a book that i read last year, "A Long Way Gone" by Ishmael Beah. The reason I chose to re-read this book is because last year after i read it I decided it was one of the best book i had ever read and I do not remember everything that happened since it has been over a year since i last read it. This book is a memoir about a young boy named Ishmael Beah. He is living is Sierra Leone. At age 12 rebels come and attack his land. Slowly, he becomes seperated from all of his family. He becomes sure that he will most likely never see his family again, and after a year of running, he decides to fight in the government army at age 13. What made this book so good, and worth re-reading, was the detail that the author gives. When Ishmael is fighting in battles with the army the detail makes given makes it seem as if you are sitting their watching everything. Being that it is written by Ishmael himself, it is not hard to really understand how the character feels and the horrors that he went through. It is also a very sad and emotional book.