Ishmael Beah Book Report
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Ishmael Beah was born in a small village in sierra leone called Mogwebo, with his mom raising him and his father in another town working for an american company. The book begins in 1993 when Ishmeal is 12 years old. Ishmael goes away from his village with his friends Mohamed, Junior, and Talloi for a couple of days to perform in a talent contest in the town of Mattru Jong. The boys formed a dance group at the age of eight because they all had a passion for rap music so they decided to do a dance to a rap song in the talent contest. When Khalilou comes home from school early one day because the rebels attacked Mogwebo and the next attack would be on Mattru Jong. So Ishmael and his friends decide to go back to their families. When they are journeying