Alephonsion Deng: 2 books
Disturbed in Their Nests
A Journey from Sudan's Dinkaland to San Diego's City Heights
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Nineteen-year-old refugee Alephonsion Deng, from war-ravaged Sudan, had great expectations when he arrived in America three weeks before two planes crashed into the World Trade Towers. Money, he'd been told, was given to you in pillows. Machines did all the work. Education was free.
Suburban...
They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky
The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
The inspiring story of three young Sudanese boys who were driven from their homes by civil war and began an epic odyssey of survival, facing life-threatening perils, ultimately finding their way to a new life in America.
Between 1987 and 1989, Alepho, Benjamin, and Benson, like tens of thousands...