Plot Summary

A Long Way Gone is about a 12 year old boy in Sierra Leone, Africa who is thrown into a war when rebels start attacking villages, killing everyone living their or forcing them into becoming rebels, so they can "free" the region. Ishmael is thrown into this when his home village is attacked unexpectedly one night and he loses track of all his family and friends. Along the way he faces impossible obstacles and slowly reunites with his friends only to watch them suffer along with him. He gets captured multiple times and the rebels never show mercy. He has to fight against hunger, pain and loneliness on top of the rebels and the region will never be the same because no one trusts them and often they attack on first sight. However along the there are a few generous soles that save their lives. My favourite part so far is when it was one of the hottest days of the year and they had to walk on sand all day and they escaped with cuts on their feet that slowed their progress drastically. This book never stops being interesting because it seems everything Ishmael does is a struggle for his life so it always keeps you on our toes as to what he is going to do next. He often eats random things fro the wild and that will affect his body in many ways and could kill him.