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Author | : John Bul Dau |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1426202121 |
Explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost boys" from the Sudan who are forced to leave their homeland because of a civil war. They triumph over adversities and relocate to the U.S., where they remain deeply committed to helping the friends and family they left behind.
Author | : John Bul Dau |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2008-01-22 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1426202660 |
A tale of suffering, tragedy, and sorrow redeemed by indomitable resolve and a stubborn refusal to despair, it is set in a Sudan shadowed by unrelenting war and ruthless violence, yet illuminated by faith, generosity, and steadfast commitment to the human spirit's finest instincts. It's also the eloquently plain-spoken self-portrait of a young man who has looked death in the face many times and come away with an inner strength as impressive as it is modest and a wisdom as inspiring as it is matter of fact. One of the uprooted youngsters known as the Lost Boys of Sudan, John Bul Dau was 12 years old when civil war ravaged his village and shattered its age-old society, a life of herding and agriculture marked by dignity, respect, and the simple virtues of Dinka tribal tradition. As tracer bullets split the night and mortar shells exploded around him, John fled into the darkness - the first terrified moments of a journey that would lead him thousands of miles into an exile that was to last many years. John's memoir of his Dinka childhood shows African life and values at their best, while his searing account of hardship, famine, and war also testifies to human resilience and kindness. In an era of cultural clashes, his often humorous stories of adapting to life in the United States offer proof that we can bridge our differences peacefully. John Bul Dau's quiet pride, true humility, deep seriousness, compassionate courage, and remarkable achievements will take every reader's breath away.
Author | : John Bul Dau |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2010-10-12 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1426307292 |
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.
Author | : Linda Sue Park |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0547251270 |
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, 11-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan. By a Newbery Medal-winning author.
Author | : T.D. Jakes |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2013-01-29 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1416547339 |
Shares uplifting advice about the virtues of forgiveness, offering strategic and biblically based advice on how to achieve peace and personal fulfillment by letting go of past wrongs.
Author | : Dave Eggers |
Publisher | : Vintage Canada |
Total Pages | : 563 |
Release | : 2009-02-24 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307371379 |
What Is the What is the story of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee in war-ravaged southern Sudan who flees from his village in the mid-1980s and becomes one of the so-called Lost Boys. Valentino’s travels bring him in contact with enemy soldiers, with liberation rebels, with hyenas and lions, with disease and starvation, and with deadly murahaleen (militias on horseback)–the same sort who currently terrorize Darfur. Eventually Deng is resettled in the United States with almost 4000 other young Sudanese men, and a very different struggle begins. Based closely on true experiences, What Is the What is heartbreaking and arresting, filled with adventure, suspense, tragedy, and, finally, triumph.
Author | : Ray Bradbury |
Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2015-08-04 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0553512722 |
Make storytime a little spookier with fantasy master Ray Bradbury as he takes readers on a riveting trip though space and time to discover the true origins of Halloween. Join the shadowy Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud as he takes eight trick-or-treaters on an unforgettable journey to find their missing friend, Pip. Travel through space and time, from the tombs of ancient Egypt to the gargoyles of Notre-Dame Cathedral, all the way to the cemeteries of Mexico on el Día de Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. Is Pip still alive? And if so, can his friends save him from a ghastly fate before it’s too late? "If you want to know what Halloween is, or if you simply want an eerie adventure, take this mystery history trip. You couldn't ask for better than master fantasizer Ray Bradbury." --The Boston Globe
Author | : James Disco |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-06-07 |
Genre | : Children and war |
ISBN | : 9781612540054 |
The journey of four teenage Sudanese boys, orphaned by their war-torn country, who traveled to America looking for a safer environment, and learned to cope with the unfamiliar complexities of contemporary American society.
Author | : Sandra Uwiringiyimana |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2017-05-16 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0062470167 |
Junior Library Guild Selection * New York Public Library's Best Books for Teens * Goodreads Choice Awards Nonfiction Finalist * Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books for Teens: Nonfiction * 2018 Texas Topaz Nonfiction List * YALSA's 2018 Quick Picks List * Bank Street's 2018 Best Books of the Year “This gut-wrenching, poetic memoir reminds us that no life story can be reduced to the word ‘refugee.’" —New York Times Book Review “A critical piece of literature, contributing to the larger refugee narrative in a way that is complex and nuanced.” —School Library Journal (starred review) This profoundly moving memoir is the remarkable and inspiring true story of Sandra Uwiringiyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who tells the tale of how she survived a massacre, immigrated to America, and overcame her trauma through art and activism. Sandra was just ten years old when she found herself with a gun pointed at her head. She had watched as rebels gunned down her mother and six-year-old sister in a refugee camp. Remarkably, the rebel didn’t pull the trigger, and Sandra escaped. Thus began a new life for her and her surviving family members. With no home and no money, they struggled to stay alive. Eventually, through a United Nations refugee program, they moved to America, only to face yet another ethnic disconnect. Sandra may have crossed an ocean, but there was now a much wider divide she had to overcome. And it started with middle school in New York. In this memoir, Sandra tells the story of her survival, of finding her place in a new country, of her hope for the future, and how she found a way to give voice to her people.
Author | : Washington Irving |
Publisher | : Orient Blackswan |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) |
ISBN | : 9788125021766 |
A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.