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This story started off getting to know Ishmael's friends and family. How they live and where they live. When the got the news that the rebels attacked the mines then. When the rebels attacked Mattru Jong, Ishmael and his friends left the town. The conflict happened in the beginning or at least one of the conflicts. They rebels have killed people and Ishmael doesn't know if his family is dead or alive. The people that the rebels capture were new recruits. Ishmael escaped them and left Mattru Jong but had to return to get some food. The sneaked into Mattru King and noticed that some rebels are very young like 12 years old. When they tried to escape, they got captured. The rebels choose who they want to recruit and the other were executed. When …show more content…
The walked along the sea for a while and stumbled upon a village that was being attacked by rebels. They escaped that village, but a few days after escaping some soldiers found them and gave them water. The soldiers turned them into their own kid soldiers. The soldiers were fighting the rebels and some did die.

They soldiers went into a kitchen where MPs found them and took them to a rehabilitation center in Kissy town. Since they didn't trust anyone and craved for drug, they keep resorting to violence. Especially if they're angry. Ishmael would desperately try to remember his childhood to make him feel better, but memories from the war kept him from doing that.

After he left the city, he went to live with his uncle tommy and cousins. His uncle said that Ishmael and Dr. Tamba later go to America. Ishmael got a visa so now he can travel out of the country. They went to New York City in the winter during the holiday season. They went to a building filled with kids from other countries as well. When Ishmael returned, he stayed with his uncle and attended school there. He and his best friend Mohamed lived in Freetown now and Ishmael is living a happy life along with uncle and
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