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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2010
Gr 7–10—The tragic story of Sudan's Lost Boys and Lost Girs is told in simple language by two survivors. The authors explain that a civil war between Muslim Arabs in the north and Christian Africans in the south led to thousands of Sudanese being displaced from their homes. In 1987, when Dau was 13 and Akech was 6, war came to their village. Both traveled hundreds of miles to a UN refugee camp in E...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
With Michael S. Sweeney and K. M. Kostyal. In this memoir, married couple John Bul Dau and Martha Arual Akech, who both grew up in peacef...Log In or Sign Up to Read More