Finally I finished the book, especially since the ending was great. The war was over and Sierra Leone managed to put down the rebellion. Child recruiting was stopped, and the rebels are now a political party. Ishmael Beah was rescued by UNICEF officers and was later on taken to his uncle's house in Benin, due to all of the violence. He stayed in his uncle's house for a while and returned to Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone (quite ironic right?). The town was raided by both the RUF and the government. He later on escaped to Guinea and he flew to the United States, New York to be specific.
Before he came to the U.S., he was called to a UN meeting to talk about his experiences in the war and how it went for him. An interview was set up and he told everything from the drugs that he took - to the people that he slaughtered.
He later returned to Sierra Leone with Mohammed, his new brother, after he lost his family in the war. But there was a new attack on the way back, this time, it was the Sierra Leonian Army which attacked Freetown. The attack didn't manage to turn into another war though, but it was still scary for the people, especially the one that lived during the civil war.
Ishmael Beah now lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is now a UNICEF member and a human rights activist in the United Nations. He continues to go through the struggle to make child recruitment history and to have children liberated and free of intense work or serving in the army.
This book was great compared to many books I read. And I was actually interested in this, especially since this is a non-fiction book. I would probably give this a 5 star rating due to the amazing story and its touching feeling to many children who are either living in free countries or child recruiting countries in this world.
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