Status
Available
Collection
Publication
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (2003), Edition: 1, 144 pages
Description
In 1999, when rebel soldiers come to their village in southern Sudan, Stephen and his friends escape but hope to be able to return again.
Local notes
Horn Book Guide, 03/31/2004
Caught in the crossfire of the Sudanese civil war, Stephen and other boys from his burned-out Dinka village become refugees, suffering disease, thirst, fear of lions, hopelessness, and uncertainty. Though the dialogue is didactic and the horrors more told than evoked, Mead has done her homework on this topic and presents the boys' plight well. Copyright 2004 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.
Caught in the crossfire of the Sudanese civil war, Stephen and other boys from his burned-out Dinka village become refugees, suffering disease, thirst, fear of lions, hopelessness, and uncertainty. Though the dialogue is didactic and the horrors more told than evoked, Mead has done her homework on this topic and presents the boys' plight well. Copyright 2004 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.