A Long Way Gone: Ishmael

castaway Beah was 12 years old when the oppose army, The Rebels, attacked his small town, Sierra Loene. Ishmael fled leaving everything important to him behind. His family, home, and possessions were all gone. With only his brother and nine friends, he ran away. For deuce years they stayed away from the rebels walking from town to town looking for their anomic families. Ishmael lost 8 of his friends and eventually his brother along the way. With only Alhaji left they were found by the army and do to crowd or be killed.They used their rap and hip-hop skills to remain popular between missions. To these two gentle-hearted boys killing became a way of life. At the age of sixteen Ishmael and Alhaji were chosen to be outback(a) from the fighting by UNICEF. Upon arriving at the rehabilitation center two boys were killed with hidden knives and guns because they were rebels. The others didnt care that they too, were coerce to fight. This didnt come as a surprise to the workers the kids had been doing it for most of their lives.Ishmael entered therapy with kind young women named, Esther. later some months of vigorous therapy Ishmael opened up and finally accepted his new life. With the help of Esther and many other individuals, Ishmael found an uncle of whom his father rarely spoke about and went to live with him and his family. He was enjoying collision his long lost relatives when he was invited to go to a conference in San Francisco for kids who survived terrifying things and wanted to condition others about it. He was chosen out of millions of kids to speak about child soldiers.He immediately agree at sent his forms away to the conference officials telling them he was coming. He had problems getting a head but that was quickly taken care of by the workers from his old rehabilitation center in an motility to help him. He attended the conference and met a kind, rich, woman who helped him and a few friends he met position to the city and the constant actio n that they werent used to. When he got back from San Francisco he was shocked to sort out that the rebels had taken over the city.Terrified that he would be recognized and killed or that he would have to fight once again Ishmael looked for a way out of the city. He found one and risked being one of the many shot just for being on the street. Ishmael contacted the woman he had met at the conference and she agreed to let him live with her until he could find a way to make money. Ishmael was one of the lucky people who got out of the war, some kids werent as fortunate. A Long dash Gone is a true story about a real boy. Its horrifying that kids as young as nine are being forced into a war they want no part of in order to survive.