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Coates, Jan L., 1960-
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Deng, Jacob -- Juvenile fiction.
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Coates, Jan L., 1960-
Deng, Jacob -- Juvenile fiction.
Refugee children -- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction.
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Children -- Juvenile fiction.
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A hare in the elephant's trunk / Jan L. Coates.
by
Coates, Jan L., 1960-
Red Deer Press, c2010.
Call #:
FICTION
COA
Subjects
Deng
,
Jacob
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Refugee children
--
Sudan
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Sudan
--
History
--
Civil War, 1983-2005
--
Refugees
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Sudan
--
History
--
Civil War, 1983-2005
--
Children
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
ISBN:
9780889954519 (pbk.)
Description:
291 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Summary:
"In the little village of Duk Padiet in southern Sudan, a boy named
Jacob
Deng
thrives on the love of his mother, the companionship of his sisters, the excitement of learning how to look after his uncle’s herds of cattle. The year is 1987, and suddenly in the night soldiers from the north invade the village, looting, burning, and killing. The war has arrived, and the life of
Jacob
will never be the same. This novel is based on the real life experiences of a Sudanese boy who, with thousands of other boys from the region, fled for his life and spent seven years walking through deserts, grasslands and forests, crossing crocodile-infested rivers, surviving life in massive refugee camps. The so-called Lost Boys of Sudan – as they were called by an American aid organization – numbered as many as 27,000, and while many died – from starvation, attacks by wild animals, drowning, or through the brutality of the military – many survived.
Jacob
never returned to his village, but though he was only seven years old when he had to flee, he somehow managed to live through an almost unimaginable ordeal. Throughout the seven years covered in this story,
Jacob
resists the temptation to join the liberation army. Steadily
Jacob
finds himself more and more adhering to his mother’s advice that getting an education is crucial to escaping the cycle of violence that afflicts his country. Jacob’s struggle, then, is to persist in seeking out teachers and eventually a school where his ambition to learn about the world can be met. Through it all he learns about loyalty and love for close friends who have been thrust together with him on this extraordinary journey, and also about the guiding light provided by the memory of his mother." --From the publisher.
Genre:
Canadian
fiction
,
Juvenile
.
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