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A Long Way Gone

Author : Ishmael Beah
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374105235
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book A Long Way Gone written by Ishmael Beah and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-02-13 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My new friends have begun to suspect I haven’t told them the full story of my life. “Why did you leave Sierra Leone?” “Because there is a war.” “You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?” “Yes, all the time.” “Cool.” I smile a little. “You should tell us about it sometime.” “Yes, sometime.” This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.

Soldier Boys

Author : Dean Hughes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439132143
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Soldier Boys written by Dean Hughes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spencer Morgan And Dieter Hedrick, one American, one German, are both young and eager to get into action in the war. Dieter, a shining member of the Hitler Youth movement, has actually met the Führer himself and was praised for his hard work. Now he is determined to make it to the front lines, to push back the enemy and defend the honor of the Fatherland. Spencer, just sixteen, must convince his father to sign his induction papers. He is bent on becoming a paratrooper -- the toughest soldiers in the world. He will prove to his family and hometown friends that he is more than the little guy with crooked teeth. He?ll prove to his father that he can amount to something and keep his promises. Everyone will look at him differently when he returns home in his uniform, trousers tucked into his boots in the paratrooper style. Both boys get their wishes when they are tossed into intense conflict during the Battle of the Bulge. And both soon learn that war is about a lot more than proving oneself and one?s bravery. Dean Hughes offers young readers a wrenching look at parallel lives and how innocence must eventually be shed.

Soldier Boy

Author : Keely Hutton
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 0374305641
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book Soldier Boy written by Keely Hutton and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable novel based on the life of Ricky Richard Anywar, who at age fourteen was forced to fight as a soldier in the guerrilla army of notorious Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony Soldier Boy begins with the story of Ricky Richard Anywar, abducted in 1989 to fight with Joseph Kony's rebel army in the Ugandan civil war (one of Africa's longest running conflicts). Ricky is trained, armed, and forced to fight government soldiers alongside his brutal kidnappers, but never stops dreaming of escape. The story continues twenty years later, with a fictionalized character named Samuel, a boy deathly afraid of trusting anyone ever again. Samuel is representative of the thousands of child soldiers Ricky eventually helped rehabilitate as founder of the internationally acclaimed charity Friends of Orphans. Working closely with Ricky himself, debut author Keely Hutton has written an eye-opening book about a boy’s unbreakable spirit and indomitable courage in the face of unimaginable horror. This title has Common Core connections.

Radiance of Tomorrow

Author : Ishmael Beah
Publisher : Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN 13 : 0374709432
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Radiance of Tomorrow written by Ishmael Beah and published by Sarah Crichton Books. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunting, beautiful first novel by the bestselling author of A Long Way Gone. Named one of the Christian Science Monitor's best fiction books of the year. When Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic: a harrowing account of Sierra Leone's civil war and the fate of child soldiers that "everyone in the world should read" (The Washington Post). Now Beah, whom Dave Eggers has called "arguably the most read African writer in contemporary literature," has returned with his first novel, an affecting, tender parable about postwar life in Sierra Leone. At the center of Radiance of Tomorrow are Benjamin and Bockarie, two longtime friends who return to their hometown, Imperi, after the civil war. The village is in ruins, the ground covered in bones. As more villagers begin to come back, Benjamin and Bockarie try to forge a new community by taking up their former posts as teachers, but they're beset by obstacles: a scarcity of food; a rash of murders, thievery, rape, and retaliation; and the depredations of a foreign mining company intent on sullying the town's water supply and blocking its paths with electric wires. As Benjamin and Bockarie search for a way to restore order, they're forced to reckon with the uncertainty of their past and future alike. With the gentle lyricism of a dream and the moral clarity of a fable, Radiance of Tomorrow is a powerful novel about preserving what means the most to us, even in uncertain times.

Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution

Author : Caroline Cox
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 146962754X
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution written by Caroline Cox and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-02-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not men, but boys, many of whom were under the age of sixteen, and some even as young as nine. In Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution, Caroline Cox reconstructs the lives and stories of this young subset of early American soldiers, focusing on how these boys came to join the army and what they actually did in service. Giving us a rich and unique glimpse into colonial childhood, Cox traces the evolution of youth in American culture in the late eighteenth century, as the accepted age for children to participate meaningfully in society--not only in the military--was rising dramatically. Drawing creatively on sources, such as diaries, letters, and memoirs, Caroline Cox offers a vivid account of what life was like for these boys both on and off the battlefield, telling the story of a generation of soldiers caught between old and new notions of boyhood.

Boy Soldier

Author : Gerhardt B. Thamm
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476602328
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Boy Soldier written by Gerhardt B. Thamm and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As a 15-year-old boy I fought briefly in a war. My fight was neither noble nor heroic. I saw the horrors that no 15-year-old boy should ever see. I came into war purely by happenstance, and survived it purely by luck." Gerhardt B. Thamm grew up on his grandfather's farm in Lower Silesia, the hinterlands of Germany. In early 1945 this land, near the Czechoslovakian and Polish borders, became a battleground. The Soviets captured Lower Silesia in February, and Thamm, like many of his Hitler Youth high school classmates, was conscripted to fight on the Eastern Front until the last few days of World War II, experiencing firsthand fearsome barbarity and atrocity. Thamm's family was deported from Silesia in 1946 to West Germany. Gerhardt Thamm arrived in the United States in 1948. The 17-year-old Thamm joined the U.S. Army the same year and served more than 20 years as an enlisted man. "Maybe, just maybe, I fought in this war to escape the barbarity. Maybe I wrote this book to still the memories."

Rust: The Boy Soldier

Author : Royden Lepp
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1608868060
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Rust: The Boy Soldier written by Royden Lepp and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caught in the middle of an ongoing war, Jet Jones, a robot made to look like a boy and built for battle, discovers that there is more to him than he ever could have imagined, sending him on a journey to learn what is means to be both hero and human.

They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children

Author : Roméo Dallaire
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 080277976X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children written by Roméo Dallaire and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is my hope that through the pages of this remarkable book, you will discover groundbreaking thoughts on building partnerships and networks to enhance the global movement to end child soldiering; you will gain new and holistic insights on what constitutes a child soldier; you will learn more about girl soldiers, who have not been fully considered in the discussion of this issue; you will discover methods on how to influence national policies and the training of security forces; and you will find practical steps that will foster better coordination between security forces and humanitarian efforts."-Ishmael Beah As the leader of the ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping force in Rwanda, Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire came face-to-face with the horrifying reality of child soldiers during the genocide of 1994. Since then the incidence of child soldiers has proliferated in conflicts around the world: they are cheap, plentiful, expendable, with an incredible capacity, once drugged and brainwashed, for both loyalty and barbarism. The dilemma of the adult soldier who faces them is poignantly expressed in this book's title: when children are shooting at you, they are soldiers, but as soon as they are wounded or killed, they are children once again. Believing that not one of us should tolerate a child being used in this fashion, Dallaire has made it his mission to end the use of child soldiers. Where Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone gave us wrenching testimony of the devastating experience of being a child soldier, Dallaire offers intellectually daring and enlightened approaches to the child soldier phenomenon, and insightful, empowering solutions to eradicate it.

Super Red Riding Hood

Author : Claudia Davila
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 177138283X
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Super Red Riding Hood written by Claudia Davila and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruby loves to play superhero, so when her mother gives her a “mission” that takes her into the deep, dark woods, Ruby throws on her red cloak to become … Super Red Riding Hood! Nothing can scare her — except maybe coming face-to-face with a big bad wolf. What would a superhero do? A story of guts and girl power, this is a fun update on a familiar tale.

Remembering Korea 1950

Author : H. K. Shin
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874175259
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Remembering Korea 1950 written by H. K. Shin and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hyung K. Shin was sixteen years old when the North Korean army invaded South Korea in June 1950. Fleeing his home, Shin soon found himself alone in Pusan, a refugee without resources or any means of support. To save himself from destitution, he lied about his age and volunteered for service in the South Korean army. Shin’s account of the months that followed is a moving record of the Korean War from the perspective of an ordinary ROK soldier. He recounts his hasty training and subsequent experiences as a battlefield soldier in North Korea, as a guard in a prisoner-of-war camp, and as a refugee again in the massive flight of civilians and ROK military personnel retreating before the onslaught of the Chinese invasion. Through it all, Shin struggles to retain his humanity and pursue his education. In the process, the naïve schoolboy becomes a man. Today, Hyung K. Shin is an internationally respected chemist, but in the pages of this memoir he carries us back to Korea during a pivotal moment in that country’s history. This is the first account in English that describes the war from the perspective of a Korean who lived through and fought in it. Shin’s detailed and lively narrative is a stirring monument to the survival of human decency and kindness in the midst of terror, cruelty, despair, and the destruction of a proud nation.

The Boy Soldier

Author : Alexandra Filipowski
Publisher : Westholme Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781594162640
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book The Boy Soldier written by Alexandra Filipowski and published by Westholme Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first publication over fifty years ago, the image of Private Edwin F. Jemison has attracted widespread attention from those interested in the Civil War and other wars. His likeness has been compared to that of the Mona Lisa, and it rivals Abraham Lincoln as being one of the Civil War's most recognized photographs. Despite the great interest in the photograph almost nothing has been known of the young man himself, and misinformation about him has circulated since he was properly identified twenty years ago. The authors have spent decades researching the story behind the photograph seeking primary sources, including material from Jemison's family, for accurate details of his life. The result is The Boy Soldier: Edwin Jemison and the Story Behind the Most Remarkable Portrait of the Civil War, the only biography of this young Confederate soldier. We first encounter Eddie as he travels from his home in Louisiana in 1857 to stay with relatives and attend school in Georgia. In the spring of 1861, after Louisiana had seceded from the Union, Eddie enlists in the 2nd Louisiana Volunteer Infantry. A little over a week after enlistment, and at some point having had his portrait taken, Eddie is sent to Virginia to fight in the greatest struggle this nation has ever endured. Over 150 years later the intrigue around his photograph is matched by the very peculiar accounts of his death, as well as the controversy of his burial location. The authors examine both issues to complete the story of the young soldier's life and death. -- Inside jacket flaps.

Boy Soldier

Author : Andy McNab
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407046934
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Boy Soldier written by Andy McNab and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-10-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gripping, action-packed SAS thriller from the best-selling author of BRAVO TWO ZERO. Ideal for adventure-seeking readers. Danny Watts's grandfather, Fergus, was a traitor. One of the worst sort. An SAS explosives expert who betrayed his country and his Regiment for money. Drug money. He was arrested and left to rot and die in a Colombian jail. At least, that's what seventeen-year-old Danny is told when his hopes of becoming a soldier are destroyed for ever. But he knows something the army doesn't seem to know. Fergus Watts is alive and in the UK, living in secret under an assumed name - but where? Fergus is Danny's only living relative. Burning with fury and desire for revenge, Danny sets out to track down his grandfather and expose him. In doing so he sets in train an explosive sequence of events which throw Danny and Fergus together on the run from the people who want Fergus, and now Danny, dead. Packed with breathtaking action, SAS procedures and surveillance and survival techniques, this is a fast-moving, action-packed thriller for teenagers.

The Diary of a Boy Soldier

Author : Alexander Ochogwu
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781725124578
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book The Diary of a Boy Soldier written by Alexander Ochogwu and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-23 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Creed of Brotherhood is the totem that binds Boy Soldiers of the Nigerian Military School, Zaria.

Boy Soldier

Author : Charles J. Palmeri
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781951158019
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Boy Soldier written by Charles J. Palmeri and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-21 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instead of seminary, 18-year-old Buffalo native Charles Palmeri enlists in the 42nd Infantry, Rainbow Division. With his squad, Charles fights his way through Germany, only to arrive at the gates of hell: Dachau concentration camp. The recipient of the Bronze Star and the Silver Star, 93-year-old Charles tells his readers what he saw and what he thought about what he saw in the final, dangerous, unforgettable days of World War II.

Hitler’s Boy Soldiers

Author : Helene Munson
Publisher : The Experiment
ISBN 13 : 1615198598
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Hitler’s Boy Soldiers written by Helene Munson and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of how Germany's child soldiers fought WWII, told through the personal lens of the author's father's rediscovered journal and meticulous historical research

A Long Way Gone

Author : Ishmael Beah
Publisher : Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN 13 : 9780374531263
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book A Long Way Gone written by Ishmael Beah and published by Sarah Crichton Books. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A human rights activist offers a firsthand account of war from the perspective of a former child soldier, detailing the violent civil war that wracked his native Sierra Leone and the government forces that transformed a gentle young boy into a killer as a member of the army.

War Child

Author : Emmanuel Jal
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429918756
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book War Child written by Emmanuel Jal and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2009-02-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1980s, Emmanuel Jal was a seven year old Sudanese boy, living in a small village with his parents, aunts, uncles, and siblings. But as Sudan's civil war moved closer—with the Islamic government seizing tribal lands for water, oil, and other resources—Jal's family moved again and again, seeking peace. Then, on one terrible day, Jal was separated from his mother, and later learned she had been killed; his father Simon rose to become a powerful commander in the Christian Sudanese Liberation Army, fighting for the freedom of Sudan. Soon, Jal was conscripted into that army, one of 10,000 child soldiers, and fought through two separate civil wars over nearly a decade. But, remarkably, Jal survived, and his life began to change when he was adopted by a British aid worker. He began the journey that would lead him to change his name and to music: recording and releasing his own album, which produced the number one hip-hop single in Kenya, and from there went on to perform with Moby, Bono, Peter Gabriel, and other international music stars. Shocking, inspiring, and finally hopeful, War Child is a memoir by a unique young man, who is determined to tell his story and in so doing bring peace to his homeland.