Study Guide

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Characters

Ishmael is our narrator, but he's not quite the same as narrators in some other books. For...

Ishmael never sees his family again after he and his brother lose each other in the chaos of the...

Throughout the course of his story, Ishmael runs into a whole bunch of different friends. This is...

If Esther appeared in one of Ishmael's dreams, we'd probably guess that she was an angel. She's a...

Ishmael first meets Lieutenant Jabati when he and his friends roll up in Yele. They think they'll...

When Ishmael needs a place to stay after leaving the rehabilitation center, Leslie is able to...

Ishmael and his friends run into Gasemu on their way to find their parents. Gasemu is collecting...

Leslie is basically Ishmael's caseworker when he's at Benin Center. He's one of the adults who...

Sheku and Josiah are two seven-year-old little boys who are recruited to fight in the army of...

Laura Simms is a storyteller that Ishmael meets while travelling to New York City to give his...

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