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Lost boy, lost girl [electronic resource] : escaping civil war in Sudan / by John Bul Dau and Martha Arual Akech ; with Michael S. Sweeney and K. M. Kostyal.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.Description: 1 online resource (159 p.) : col. photos., col. mapISBN:
  • 9781426307294 (electronic bk.)
  • 1426307292 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781426307089
  • 142630708X
  • 9781426307096
  • 1426307098
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lost boy, lost girl.DDC classification:
  • 962.404/3 22
LOC classification:
  • HV640.5.S9 D39 2010eb
Online resources: Summary: One of thousands of children who fled strife in southern Sudan, John Bul Dau survived hunger, exhaustion, and violence. His wife, Martha, endured similar hardships. In this memorable book, the two convey the best of African values while relating searing accounts of famine and war. There's warmth as well, in their humorous tales of adapting to American life. For its importance as a primary source, for its inclusion of the rarely told female perspective of Sudan's lost children, for its celebration of human resilience, this is the perfect story to inform and inspire young readers.
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One of thousands of children who fled strife in southern Sudan, John Bul Dau survived hunger, exhaustion, and violence. His wife, Martha, endured similar hardships. In this memorable book, the two convey the best of African values while relating searing accounts of famine and war. There's warmth as well, in their humorous tales of adapting to American life. For its importance as a primary source, for its inclusion of the rarely told female perspective of Sudan's lost children, for its celebration of human resilience, this is the perfect story to inform and inspire young readers.

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