Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
Juniata College
Summer Reading 2007 :
Resources for Teaching, Learning,
and Collaborating
"...For in this hour when the dying night lingers
Unwilling to surrender its wakening darkness
Over your face and fevered brow, my torn fingers
Will stray bringing such comfort
As may calm your doubting heart."
~Abioseh Nicol (poet from Sierra Leone)
Information about Sierra Leone
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