One of thousands of children who fled strife in southern Sudan, John Bul Dau survived hunger, exhaustion, and violence. His wife, Martha, endured similar hardships.

In this memorable book, the two convey the best of African values while relating searing accounts of famine and war. There's warmth as well, in their humorous tales of adapting to American life. For its importance as a primary source, for its inclusion of the rarely told female perspective of Sudan's lost children, for its celebration of human resilience, this is the perfect story to inform and inspire young readers.

This book was recognised in the Nonfiction - Tween category by the Grand Canyon Reader Award.

This book is part of a book series called Biography .

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by National Geographic Kids .