DICTIONARY OF TERMS

Summary:
! This book had me enticed to reading it from chapter one. It is an
amazing novel of a boy soldier in Sierra Leone. Ishmael Beah is living in
his town when civil war brakes out. He has to run and leave behind his
friends and family. He travels alone for most of the way and is
confronted by danger throughout his
long and painful journey out of his
home country. He soon learns that his
entire family has been killed by the
Rebels and is taken in by the U.N.
who struggle to help him regain his old
self and the child within him that he left
behind in his war torn country. This
book has a high paced action/horror
feel all the way through to the very last
page. It is a beautifully written novel
that I would highly recommend.

Accustomed (Page 129)

D: customary or usual
H: We were accustomed to taking
orders and did what we were told.

Scenarios (Page 113)

D: a postulated sequence or
development of events
H: I could become angry, yes, begin to
visualize scenarios of shooting or
stabbing a rebel.
Abruptly (Page 62)

D: sudden and unexpected

H: Kanei moved his foot to kick it, but then realized that it would hurt
abruptly swung his foot back, dragging it against a stone.

Agitating (Page 22)

D: make (someone) troubled or nervous

H: With the absence of so many
people, the town became scary, the
night darker, and teh silence
unbearably agitating.

Aimlessly (Page 139)

D: without purpose or direction

H: Because of these things, we were
basically left to wander aimlessly about our new environment
for the entire first week.

Rehabilitation (Page 187)

D: restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and

therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness
H: Well, I am from the part of the country where I have not
only suffered because of the war but I have also participated in
it and undergone rehabilitation.