They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan From Booklist In a harrowing account of children at war, three young refugees in California--Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng, and Benjamin Ajak, two brothers and a cousin--remember how they were driven from their homes in southern Sudan in the ethnic and religious conflicts that have left two million dead. They tell their stories quietly with the help of their mentor, coauthor Judy Bernstein, in clear, interwoven narratives that put a personal face on the statistics. Barely six years old when they were torn from their families in the 1980s, the three boys witnessed unspeakable atrocities and trekked nearly 1,000 miles, until finally they found refuge in a camp in Kenya. (A map of their journey would help). Always, the children have the same dreams: to find those they love and to go to school. Now the U.S. has taken them in, along with about 3,000 other lost boys of Sudan, living in 30 cities across the country. With their anguish, for these refugees, there is also the miracle of their reunion and finding home. Hazel RochmanCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved  Review "A moving, beautifully written account, by turns raw and tender...In language elegant with understatement and metaphor." -- Los Angeles Times, June 13, 2005"An amazing account of boys who managed to survive a terrifying ordeal...a kind of haunting beauty to their story." -- Rocky Mountain News, June 10, 2005"In this tender and lyrical story, the world of... Africa's most desperate children-running away from war...is vividly evoked." -- Emily Wax, Washington Post Book World, 8/21/05"The soft plainness of the...writers' voices, combined with their moral insight, throws...surreal danger and strife into sharp relief." -- San Diego Union-Tribune, June 12, 2005"[The boys'] accounts...have been skillfully put together in a narrative...The result is both fascinating and immediate..." -- Caroline Moorehead, New York Review of Books, December 1, 2005"conjures up... a world governed by traditions, rituals, seasons, weather, and obligations...." -- New York Review of Books, December 1, 2005BBBernstein has skillfully woven their tales into a sequential account. -- The Hartford Courant, July 24, 2005It is a wise and sophisticated examination of the arbitrary cruelties and joys of being alive. -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune, June 5, 2005TTThe triosssssssss lyrical eloquence, combined with the gut-wrenching clarity of their recollections, powers this testament to human endurance.  -- East Bay Express, July 27, 2005TTThese authors made it to the U.S . after their personal horror Their lives are still not easy, but they endure. -- Book Page, July 2005               See all Product description