The Chapters of Childhood
There are some books that you don’t just read, they graft onto you. That’s what happens with Ishmael Beah’s personal story, “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.” Childhood is supposed to have many chapters to it. But some children, including Ishmael, have pages torn from their childhood and rewritten into unimaginable circumstances.
![UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah at a shelter for unaccompanied adolescents who have fled their homes due to fears for their safety.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_index/public/hero/images/UN0847703.jpg?itok=Or81-upX)