Lost boy, lost girl: escaping civil war in Sudan

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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 celebrati…

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

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:c2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):National Geographic
Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
Language:eng
Publication Date:c2010.

The Physical Object

Description:159 p. : : col. photos., col. map. ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781426307089 (hardcover : alk. paper), 142630708X (hardcover : alk. paper), 9781426307096 (library binding : alk. paper), 1426307098 (library binding : alk. paper)
oclc:ocn502029857
LC Classification:HV640.5.S9
Dewey Decimal:962.404/3

Pt 1. Peace -- pt. 2. War -- pt. 3. Refuge -- pt. 4. War -- pt. 5. Refuge -- pt. 6. Peace.

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Africans -- Biography Akech, Martha Arual Autobiographies Autobiography Biographies Dau, John Bul History Juvenile works Literature Refugees Refugees -- Biography -- Sudan Réfugiés -- Biographies. -- Soudan Since 1983 Soudan -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. --… Sudan Sudan -- History Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 Sudan -- Juvenile literature. -- Histor… Women -- Biography Young adult literature