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They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky (10-Year Anniversary REISSUE): The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
Alephonsion Deng
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Description for They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky (10-Year Anniversary REISSUE): The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
Paperback. They were all under the age of seven when they were driven from a war-ravaged country. In this deceptively understated memoir, three boys recall in their own words their harrowing journey to safety. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJPN; BTP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370.
Christopher Award Winner Los Angeles Times Bestseller Washington Post Top 100 Books of the Year SelectionA stunning literary survival story of three young Sudanese boys, two brothers and a cousin,hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a moving, beautifully written account, by turns warm and tender. Between 1987 and 1989, Alepho, Benjamin, and Benson, like tens of thousands of young boys, took flight from the massacres of Sudan's civil war. They became known as the Lost Boys. With little more than the clothes on their backs, sometimes not even that, they streamed out over Sudan ... Read more
Christopher Award Winner Los Angeles Times Bestseller Washington Post Top 100 Books of the Year SelectionA stunning literary survival story of three young Sudanese boys, two brothers and a cousin,hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a moving, beautifully written account, by turns warm and tender. Between 1987 and 1989, Alepho, Benjamin, and Benson, like tens of thousands of young boys, took flight from the massacres of Sudan's civil war. They became known as the Lost Boys. With little more than the clothes on their backs, sometimes not even that, they streamed out over Sudan ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781610395984
SKU
V9781610395984
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-1
About Alephonsion Deng
Alephonsion and Benson Deng and their cousin Benjamin Ajak left the Sudan in 1987, and were relocated in 2001 from the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya to the United States as part of an international refugee relief program. Today, Alephonsian Deng attends San Diego City College and works in the Medical Records Department at Kaiser Permanente Hospital. He has spoken ... Read more
Reviews for They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky (10-Year Anniversary REISSUE): The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
A moving, beautifully written account, by turns raw and tender...
Los Angeles Times [The authors'] accounts, written first in lesson books and then on computer have been skillfully put together in a narrative, each boy carrying both history and that of their joint flight and reunion forward. The result is both fascinating and immediate, not least because of the ... Read more
Los Angeles Times [The authors'] accounts, written first in lesson books and then on computer have been skillfully put together in a narrative, each boy carrying both history and that of their joint flight and reunion forward. The result is both fascinating and immediate, not least because of the ... Read more