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=Welcome to C Period!= Over the break, you are responsible for reading A Long Way Gone. The book promises to keep your attention. In order for you to enjoy the most out of this reading experience, it is important that you participate in our wikispace. You are expected to post five original posts and reply to five posted messages over the break. This is a reasonable expectation since some classes reported over one thousand posts during our last book. If you have questions, email me on wikispaces (there is a small envelope at the top of your screen that will open your email capabilities). =A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah= This novel has swept across America and the world bringing with it a wave of insight into the lives of the children directly affected by the Sierra Leone war of the 1990's. Ishmael Beah tells the story of how, as a boy, he fled attacking rebels in his violent homeland of Sierra Leone, and by the age of thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army and became a child soldier, capable of terrible acts. The story is haunting and allows the world to appreciate a voice, a perspective that few have ever heard.

In order to appreciate the conflict inside the novel, you may find it helpful to learn more about the war and the two opposing sides. [|Background on the War]