Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie
Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Picture book
Sub Genre: African, Family
Theme: Orphans, Refugee Children, Self Actualization, Immigration
Primary & Secondary Characters: Garang Deng, Tom, young boys
Awards: Coretta Scott King Award
Date of Publication: 2005
Publishing Company: Lee & Low Books
Summary of Book:
This book is about Sudan being taken over by the civil war in the 1980's. During this time a lot of lives were taken. Although this book is fictional, it is based on some of the horrible, real-life experiences of a group of boys who walked a very long way searching for somewhere safe. Eight-year-old Garang Deng is the main character in this story.The group travels by night with hardly any food and scared to death, but they finally make it to a refugee camp in Ethiopia where they meet an American named Tom who helps them. This is a great story about courage. It is also very informational. It can definitely be used in a classroom and library setting. I would use it in my classroom to show what courage really is and to inform the children of the terrible historical events that this story came from.
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