Year of No Rain by Alice Mead is a story of children and civil war. So right away you know it’s a sad book. But yet it’s one of hope, determination and optimism.
Eleven-year-old Stephen Majok lives in a small Sudanese village. When he is not playing with his friends he tends his family’s two cows. [...]
After reviewing three books this week about Sudan, I conclude with one last picture book: My Name is Sangoel by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed and illustrated by Catherine Stock. Sangoel, his mother and his little sister are all refugee’s from Sudan. His father died in the war and their home destroyed. He doesn’t [...]
Why do I love reading memoirs? Because of books like War Child, A Child Soldier’s Story by Emmanuel Jal. What an incredible book that had me thoroughly engrossed. I think using the word engrossed is supposed to be a no-no when reviewing books but how else can I describe a book that had me unable [...]
What can I say about They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys From Sudan by Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng, Benjamin Ajak with Judy A. Bernstein that will convince everybody to read it?
Written by three Lost Boys who are also cousins – I could not put this memoir [...]
I’m excited today to recommend to you another book about the Lost Boys, Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Mary Williams, Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Mary Williams is a name that I have heard often when reading about the Lost Boys of Sudan as she is the founder [...]
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