While the story takes place in Sierra Leone, the book is written in English, as it is the language of the author, Ishmael Beah, and the primary language of education and wider communication in Sierra Leone at the time.
While the story takes place in Sierra Leone, the book is written in English, as it is the language of the author, Ishmael Beah, and the primary language of education and wider communication in Sierra Leone at the time.