May 7, 2007

After three months at the UN center, I finally got to go live with Laura. It felt so good to know that I now had a home I would never have to leave. She told me that I would be starting school soon. We went to visit the school, and I was so amazed. I had never seen a school so big, with electricity and computers. It even had a hip hop dance team. I couldn’t wait to start. About this time, I showed my notebook to Dr. Shu. He was very impressed, and asked me if I would like to possibly turn it into a book raising awareness of the war in Sierra Leone. I was flattered, and said I would. That was how my book, A Long Way Gone, started, and how I got to where I am today.