About+the+Author

This story is about and written by Ishmael Beah. He was a boy soilder in Africa from the area of Sierra Leone. He has been through a lot in his life and has even been through getting shot. He was a young boy hooked on many different drugs and fought for the people he loved. He lost all of his family due to the war and that is what gave him strength through the years. He was put into a home and very early showed signs of post dramatic stress disorder. He would have nightmares all the time including migrains and other horrific things. He saw many disturbing images he will have to live with for the rest of his life. He moved to New York in 1998 and finished up his high school years and went to college to get is B.A in political sciences. He also does many speches and talks to the U.N and other big groups like the Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities. He now stands up for children so they do not have to go through what he had to go through as a child.