A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Action Adventure And they'll pretend to be

And they'll pretend to be the zoo animals featured in the book-- look at the last page

and calls children to action while teaching them a love for books

studying the visible and invisible

Along the way there are dozens of profiles of political trailblazers like Shirley Chisholm

Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Action Adventure And they'll pretend to beMy 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