Characters+of+The+book

Some of the more Important Characters of A Long Way Gone **  Ishmael Beah - The Main Character of the book, gets separated from his family, runs away and soon meets up with the army against the RUF rebels and soon gets recruited by them to avenge his family.

Leslie- The man at the rehibilitation center who locates Ishmaels uncle.

Esther - The Rehilibitation nurse, one of the more important characters who gets Ishmael out of his agressive/depressed state and helps to find Ishmael's Uncle.

Alhaji, Musa, Kanei, Saidu, Jumah, and Moriba - Ishmael's friends that he meets after getting serparated from his old friends. They soon get separated and join the army and all go into rehibilitation.

Uncle Tommy - Ishmael's uncle who comes to ask Ishmael if he wants to come and stay with him at his home in Freetown.

Junior - Ishmael's older brother, he and Ishmael soon get split up by the rebels.

Talloi, Gibrilla, Kaloko, and Khalilou - Another of Ishmael's friends that he meets before the war.

Gasemu - One of the elders that knew Ishmael, Ishmael soon meets him near a village and he tells Ishmael that his family is near by in the village.

Sherbo Man - The man who finds Ishmael and his friends after they go unconscious. They give Ishmael and his friends a place to stay and recuperate. Sadly, he kicks them out to the hot sand to avoid getting caught by the rebels.

Allie - Ishamel's addopted brother, and Uncle Tommy's son, he helps Ishmael get back into society.

Laura Simms - Ishmael's future adoptive mother. They meet at the United Nations meeting, and decides to take Ishmael in her family.

Lieutenant - The person whom recruits Ishmael into the army and gives him strength to keep going in war. Well, thats most of the Important characters, if you want to know more, you know what you can do... **