A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Resources

Ishmael Beah's website, complete with links to his new book, also about war in Sierra Leone. Yeah, the topic just doesn't get old.

This organization offers help to former child soldiers who are trying to reintegrate back into society.

An unofficial website for Sierra Leone, which shows all kinds of cool pictures of the country and its history.

Okay, this movie isn't about Ishmael's Beah's experiences, but it's set during the civil war in Sierra Leone. It features a father who's desperately looking for his son, who's been forced to serve as a child soldier.

A New York Times article written by Ishmael Beah, featuring passages you'll recognize from him book.

After A Long Way Gone was released, a few Australian journalists investigated Ishmael Beah's claims about his life as a child soldier. They published a bunch of articles claiming that his memoir was exaggerated, and that he only served three months as a soldier. Ishmael stands by his story, but you can read a summary of the whole controversy in this article.

A timeline of the events in A Long Way Gone laid out in clickable video format.

Audio of Ishmael's appearance on NPR's "Fresh Air" after his book was published.

Two stories written and read by Ishmael Beah about his life in Sierra Leone and starting over again in New York City. The paintball one is pretty darn funny.

Our author in the flesh.

Ishmael Beah with his adoptive mom, Laura Simms.

A guide to all the places Ishmael travelled to in A Long Way Gone.

A boy fighting for the army of Sierra Leone, just like Ishmael did.

A picture of some child soldiers fighting for the RUF in Sierra Leone.

A photo of the big city where Ishmael finally goes to live with his Uncle Tommy.