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c2013., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 916.6404 HAS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Evolution of Africa's major nations. WestSummary Note: Examines the history and modern-day status of the African nation of Sierra Leone, and provides information on the country's geography and ecology, government, economy, people, culture, and cities and communities.
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c2008., Annick Press Call No: MEMOIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Mariatu set out for a neighborhood village in Sierra Leone, she was kidnapped and tortured, and both of her hands cut off. She turned to begging to survive. This heart-rending memoir is a testament to her courage and resilience. Today she is a UNICEF Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.
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p2008, c2008., Annick Press Call No: 966.404 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the life of Mariatu Kamara, focusing on her experiences as a child during the civil war in Sierra Leone where she was raped, tortured, and had her hands cut off by juvenile rebel soldiers; and discusses her experiences after the war.
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c2008., Adolescent, Annick Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the life of Mariatu Kamara, focusing on her experiences as a child during the civil war in Sierra Leone where she was raped, tortured, and had her hands cut off by juvenile rebel soldiers; and discusses her experiences after the war.
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c2011., Red Deer Press Call No: 966.4 MAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In an account of her time in the small village of Kamakwie in Sierra Leone, the author describes the inhabitants' daily struggles with poverty, memories of the recent civil war, and hopes for the future"--Provided by publisher.
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2008, c2007., Sara Crichton Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ishmael Beah describes his experiences after he was driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by the government army at the age of thirteen, serving as a soldier for three years before being removed from fighting by UNICEF and eventually moving to the United States.
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2008, c2007., Sara Crichton Call No: Biography NF BEAH Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ishmael Beah describes his experiences after he was driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by the government army at the age of thirteen, serving as a soldier for three years before being removed from fighting by UNICEF and eventually moving to the United States.
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c2007., Farrar Straus and Giroux Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Publisher description
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2008, c2007., Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: B Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)
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2007., Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: 921 BEAH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, the government army had picked him up, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.
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2007., Farrar Straus and Giroux Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Click here to view Summary Note: Ishmael Beah describes his experiences after he was driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by the government army at the age of thirteen, serving as a soldier for three years before being removed from fighting by UNICEF and eventually moving to the United States.
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2008., Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: B Beah Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Click here to view Summary Note: Ishmael Beah's memoir tells of his plight as a twelve-year-old soldier in Sierra Leone's civil war in the 1990s. Brought to a rehabilitation center sponsored by UNICEF at age fifteen, he becomes a spokesmen for the center's work until the war ultimately forces him to flee to the United States two years later.
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2007., Farrar, Straus & Giroux Call No: 966.404 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ishmael Beah describes his experiences after he was driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by the government army at the age of thirteen, serving as a soldier for three years before being removed from fighting by UNICEF and eventually moving to the United States.
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2014., Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: Historical Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In the aftermath of the war in Sierra Leone, a village comes together to regain the beauty of life as it was in the past"--Provided by publisher.
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Ã2016., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: Young Adult FIC MIL Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone. Something inside Alice is broken: she remembers words but struggles to speak them. Still, Alice knows words are for sharing, so she pins them to posters in tucked-away places: railway waiting rooms, fish-and-chip shops, quiet corners. Manny is sixteen, with a scar from shoulder to elbow. Something inside Manny is broken: he was once a child soldier, forced to do terrible, violent things. But in a new land with new people who will care for him, he spends time exploring on foot. And in his pocket, he carries a poem he scooped up. And he knows the words by heart. When Manny and Alice meet, their relationship brings the beginning of love and healing."--OCLC.
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Ã2014., Adolescent, Ember Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st Ember ed. 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The autobiography of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her life in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.
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[2014], Adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: Performing Arts Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The autobiography of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her life in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.
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2014, Adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: JNF007060 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The autobiography of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her life in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.
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2014., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: HI-INT B DEP Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Biography of Michaela DePrince, covering her early life in war-torn Sierra Leone where she was known as orphan Number 27 and made fun of or demonized for a skin condition, up through her adoption by an American family who helped her become a world-famous ballerina.
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2014., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: B DEP Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Biography of Michaela DePrince, covering her early life in war-torn Sierra Leone where she was known as orphan Number 27 and made fun of or demonized for a skin condition, up through her adoption by an American family who helped her become a world-famous ballerina.