They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky : The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
Deng, Benson, Ajak, Benjamin, Deng, Alephonsion
From Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Quantity: 1From Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP33653542
Bibliographic Details
Title: They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky : The ...
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
About this title
All that changed the night the government-armed Murahiliin began attacking their villages. Amid the chaos, screams, conflagration, and gunfire, five-year-old Benson and seven-year-old Benjamin fled into the dark night. Two years later, Alepho, age seven, was forced to do the same. Across the Southern Sudan, over the next five years, thousands of other boys did likewise, joining this stream of child refugees that became known as the Lost Boys. Their journey would take them over one thousand miles across a war-ravaged country, through landmine-sown paths, crocodile-infested waters, and grotesque extremes of hunger, thirst, and disease. The refugee camps they eventually filtered through offered little respite from the brutality they were fleeing.
In They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky, Alepho, Benson, and Benjamin, by turn, recount their experiences along this unthinkable journey. They vividly recall the family, friends, and tribal world they left far behind them and their desperate efforts to keep track of one another. This is a captivating memoir of Sudan and a powerful portrait of war as seen through the eyes of children. And it is, in the end, an inspiring and unforgettable tribute to the tenacity of even the youngest human spirits.
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