Gone: Memoirs
of a Boy Soldier
By: Susan Lai, Joelle Loo, Bailee
Johnstone, and Justyn Dorchak
Summary
Setting: Takes place during the civil war in Sierra Leone (1991 - 2002)
Ishmael & his friends travel to Mattru Jong to rap in a talent show
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Brainwashed
Put through training
Used white tablets (drugs) to boost energy in order to kill rebels
The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund is a United Nations program headquartered in
New York City that provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children
and mothers in developing countries. Child rights begin with safe shelter, nutrition, protection
from disaster and conflict and traverse the life cycle: pre-natal care for healthy births, clean
water and sanitation, healthcare and education. (About UNICEF, 2016)
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In rehab
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Ishmael Beah
Violence/war
Child soldiers
Drugs
Loss of innocence
Brainwashing
Ishmael
Article 4: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave
trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment.
What is a
child soldier?
WWII
Germany
Hitler Youth
Russia
Retaliation
References
About UNICEF. (2016, March 3). Retrieved April 28, 2016, from http://www.unicef.org/
Child soldiers. (2014). Retrieved April 28, 2016, from https://www.warchild.org.uk/issues/child-soldiers
Ozerdem, A., & Podder, S. (2011). Child soldiers: From recruitment to reintegration. Houndmills, Basingstoke,
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com
Picture References:
http://blog.independent.org/2015/01/22/no-u-s-weapons-for-countries-with-child-soldiers-unless-theres-awaiver-of-course/
http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/how-to-teach-children-about-child-soldiers/
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/15/world/asia/myanmar-burma-child-soldiers/
https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/childinfographic.jpg