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"For ten years, Achut Deng surrived at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya after her family was ripped apart by the Second Sudanese Civil War.

Presents the memoir of a courageous young woman whose public accusation of rape against the deposed president of Gambia sparked an outpouring of support on social media from other survivors of sexual violence in West Africa.

"[The author] delivers a tale of resourceful children confronting adversaries in a refugee camp"--Provided by publisher.

"This eye-opening memoir tells the story of a young girl's life in Syria, her family's wrenching decision to leave their home, and the upheaval of life in a refugee camp.

Refugees are like seeds that scatter in the wind, and land in different soils that become their reluctant homes' my mother once told me.