A Long Way Gone
What are some of the key plot events that have occurred in this section? chapters 12, 13, 14, 15
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Chapter 12:
The boys are taken and brought to a village named Yele.
The boys are forced to join the Sierra Leonean army or die.
Beah and the other boys begin their training as soldiers.
Chapter 13:
The boys go to church before a planned ambush.
Beah participates in his first skirmish but is unable to shoot his gun.
Josiah and Musa are killed.
Chapter 14:
Beah becomes addicted to drugs, which are given to him by the officers.
The soldiers participate in many raids in order to get supplies.
Beah wins a contest in which he has to slit another boys throat...... or have his own throat slit.
Chapter 15:
Beah is taken by UNICEF
UNICEF transports the boys to Freetown.
The boys act out and give the UNICEF workers a hard time; they fight other groups of boys in an attempt to see where their loyalties are.
A Long Way Gone