{"product_id":"9781427206466","title":"A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is how wars are fought now by children, hopped up on drugs, and wielding AK-47s. In the more than fifty violent conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIshmael Beah used to be one of them. 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 it is rare to find a first-person account from someone who endured this hell and survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e A Long Way Gone Beah\u003c\/i\u003e, now twenty-six years old, tells a riveting story in his own words: 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014973604080,"sku":"9781427206466","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781427206466_p0.jpg?v=1763747110","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781427206466","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}