Setting
City where Beah arrives
New York
Sentence that shows voice
"What a great omen"
Age war began for him
eleven
What he wrote to explain missing report card
Entrance essay
Formal variety he spoke
British-African English
Place of origin
Sierra Leone
Tone when he laughs at lost bag
Wry
Age he became a soldier
thirteen
School that accepted him
United Nations International School
Grammar concept practice in lesson
active/passive
Store they visit evening of arrival
Kmart
Word classmates call him
weird
Family status at twelve
orphan
Peer activity that helped him be a kid
Rollerblading
vocabulary strategy to compare feelings of words
connotation
Item they immediately lose
Luggage
Word he prefers to describe himself
unusual
Process he underwent after leaving war
rehabilitation
Weekend activity with friends
Paintball
Critical vocabulary meaning "false idea about a group"
Stereotype
Fortune-cookie message theme
Good omen
Emotion underlying reflections on childhood
loss
Thing he lost
naivete
Reason he stayed silent about past
Fear
Word for peers his age
counterparts