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What they meant for evil, how a lost girl of Sudan found healing, peace, and purpose in the midst of suffering, Rebecca Deng with Ginger Kolbaba

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What they meant for evil, how a lost girl of Sudan found healing, peace, and purpose in the midst of suffering, Rebecca Deng with Ginger Kolbaba
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
What they meant for evil
Oclc number
1082223521
Responsibility statement
Rebecca Deng with Ginger Kolbaba
Sub title
how a lost girl of Sudan found healing, peace, and purpose in the midst of suffering
Summary
Shares the author's story of how she fled the Sudan in 2000 and came to the United States as an unaccompanied refugee child, including how she survived gunfire, human and animal predators, hunger, and illness
Table Of Contents
A lost girl -- Home -- The joy of innocence -- "They are coming!" -- What no child should see -- "You must go" -- Gone -- The long road -- The sky is falling! -- Left behind -- Stuck -- A new place to settle -- A ray of hope -- The marriage proposal -- At long last -- Safe -- Welcome to America -- A new way of life -- Promise -- Pursuit of a calling -- Though none go with me -- Working toward peace and healing -- No longer lost
Target audience
adult
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