ishmael beah was the author of a long way gone.
ishmael beah was the author of a long way gone.
who is the author of a long way gone?
ishmael beah
section::::"a long way gone".









































the town was featured prominently in the book "a long way gone" by ishmael beah, a memoir of the author's experiences during the sierra leone civil war. beah and his brother were visiting mattru jong with a group of friends when he learned that his home village of mogbwemo had been attacked by rebels. beah and his friends remained in mattru jong until the rebels arrived there about one month later.
mattru jong
section::::awards and recognition.









































"a long way gone" was nominated for a quill award in the best debut author category for 2007. "time" magazine's lev grossman named it one of the top 10 nonfiction books of 2007, ranking it at no. 3, and praising it as "painfully sharp", and its ability to take "readers behind the dead eyes of the child-soldier in a way no other writer has." the book was also included in amazon's 100 books to read in a lifetime list.









































section::::accuracy dispute.
a long way gone