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Originally Posted by Flamesoholic
Right now I'm reading "A Long Way Gone" by Ishmael Beah. This is a horror story in it's own right, but sadly it's the true life memoirs of a child soldier in Sierra Leone. Absolutely horrifying what these children face.
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I read that last summer. One of the best books I've ever read. He made it feel like you were right along with him.
btw you may have seen this before, but here he is on The Hour:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K4yhPSQEzo
--after watching this, I can't even picture someone so soft-spoken, eloquent(and young!!) doing some of the things he did(and witnessed) in the book. So sad what goes on over there.