《长路漫漫:一个童兵的回忆》(A Long Way Gone:Memoirs of a Boy Soldier)是2007年图书市场上很特别的一本书。它的作者伊斯梅尔·比亚(Ishmael Beah)并不是一个专业作家。比亚出生于塞拉利昂。在他12岁时,塞拉利昂内战爆发,塞拉利昂的叛军攻入了比亚的家乡,比亚和家人失散,从此踏上了逃亡之路。后来他被政府军征召入伍,成为非洲大陆上几十万童兵中的一员,开始了战争生涯。幸运的是,在联合国儿童基金会的救助下, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a very special book in the 2007 book market. Its author Ishmael Beah is not a professional writer. Bia was born in Sierra Leone. At the age of 12, when the civil war in Sierra Leone broke out, the rebel forces in Sierra Leone had plunged into the hometown of Biya and Biya and his family were separated, they have embarked on the road to exile. Later, he was enlisted by the government forces and became one of the hundreds of thousands of child soldiers on the African continent, beginning his war career. Fortunately, with the help of UNICEF,