| Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of the Sudan Contributor(s): Williams, Mary (Author), Christie, R. Gregory (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1584302321 ISBN-13: 9781584302322 Publisher: Lee & Low Books OUR PRICE: $18.86 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2013 Annotation: A young boy unites with thousands of other orphaned boys to walk to safety in a refugee camp in another country, after war destroys their villages in southern Sudan. Based on true events. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Violence - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004020965 |
| Lexile Measure: 610 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 11.1" W x 9" (1.05 lbs) 40 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor, American Library Association (ALA) Based on heartbreaking yet inspirational true events in the lives of the Lost Boys of Sudan, Brothers in Hope is a story of remarkable courage, and an amazing testament to the unyielding power of the human spirit. Eight-year-old Garang is tending cattle far from his family's home in southern Sudan when war comes to his village. Frightened but unharmed, he returns to find everything has been destroyed. Soon Garang meets other boys whose villages have been attacked. Before long they become a moving band of thousands, walking hundreds of miles seeking safety -- first in Ethiopia and then in Kenya. The boys face numerous hardships and dangers along the way, but their faith and mutual support help keep the hope of finding a new home alive in their hearts. Based on heartbreaking yet inspirational true events in the lives of the Lost Boys of Sudan, Brothers in Hope is a story of remarkable and enduring courage, and an amazing testament to the unyielding power of the human spirit. |