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They poured fire on us from the sky : the true story of three lost boys from Sudan / the true story of three lost boys from Sudan / Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak ; with Judy A. Bernstein.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: Eng Publication details: New York : Public Affairs, 2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxiii, 311 p. : 1 map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1586483889
  • 9781586483883
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 962.404/3/0922 22
LOC classification:
  • DT157.63 .D46
Contents:
An introduction to the Lost Boys -- pt. 1. The village of Juol -- pt. 2. Like ants spewing from the nest -- pt. 3. Lost boys -- pt. 4. Preparing for America -- Epilogue.
Awards:
  • Chritopher Award.
  • Los Angeles Times bestseller.
  • Washington Post top 100 books of the year selection.
Summary: As gunshots, flames, and screams engulfed their village, three cousins fled into the cover of the forest. Every step led the boys away from their peaceful, agrarian world--a traditional world where spear-toting fathers protected their huts from the lions that roamed by night. With each footstep they were drawn deeper into the horrific violence of Sudan's civil war: a world of bombed-out villages, mine-sown roads, and relentless desert, a world where starving adults would snatch the grain from a weak child's fingers. Across Sudan, between 1987 and 1989, tens of thousands of young boys took flight from these massacres. Their journey led them first to Ethiopia and then, driven back into Sudan, toward Kenya. They walked nearly one thousand miles, sustained only by the sheer will to live. This book is the three boys' account of that unimaginable journey.--From publisher description.
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An introduction to the Lost Boys -- pt. 1. The village of Juol -- pt. 2. Like ants spewing from the nest -- pt. 3. Lost boys -- pt. 4. Preparing for America -- Epilogue.

As gunshots, flames, and screams engulfed their village, three cousins fled into the cover of the forest. Every step led the boys away from their peaceful, agrarian world--a traditional world where spear-toting fathers protected their huts from the lions that roamed by night. With each footstep they were drawn deeper into the horrific violence of Sudan's civil war: a world of bombed-out villages, mine-sown roads, and relentless desert, a world where starving adults would snatch the grain from a weak child's fingers. Across Sudan, between 1987 and 1989, tens of thousands of young boys took flight from these massacres. Their journey led them first to Ethiopia and then, driven back into Sudan, toward Kenya. They walked nearly one thousand miles, sustained only by the sheer will to live. This book is the three boys' account of that unimaginable journey.--From publisher description.

Chritopher Award.

Los Angeles Times bestseller.

Washington Post top 100 books of the year selection.

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