They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky
Presents the stories of three young men who as children in the late 1980s were forced from their homes by war in the Sudan and traveled, along with thousands of other boys, nearly one thousand miles in search of refuge, surviving hunger, illness, and human and animal predators.
920
year: 2005
copies: 13
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects: deng, benson, deng, alephonsion, ajak, benjamin, refugees, sudan [X], electronic books, electronic books [X]
The Lost Boys Of Sudan
"Presents accounts of narrow escapes executed by oppressed individuals and groups while illuminating social issues and the historical background that led to wars in Sudan and the orphaned refugees known as the 'Lost Boys'"--Provided by publisher.
962.4
year: 2012
copies: 9
call number/section: 962.4
lexile: 1100
subjects: children and war, war victims, refugees, sudan [X], electronic books, electronic books [X]
Chicago
Serge, a recruit from Sudan, arrives in Chicago to play high school basketball, and has a difficult time fitting in with his teammates, experiences culture shock, and can not let go of thoughts of his father and older brother being killed by rebels back in Sudan.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: basketball, high schools, inner cities, chicago (ill.), basketball players, teamwork (sports), schools, school stories, sudan [X], sports stories, electronic books [X]
A Long Walk To Water
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-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.
FIC
year:
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: dut, salva, refugees, survival, water, blacks, survival skills, sudan [X], electronic books [X], bildungsromans