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Dr. Jessie Voigts, Wandering Educators
“One of the best books I have ever read is a story of hope through extraordinary tragedy and circumstances… This book is just incredible, though, for the strength that it shows – the strength of the human spirit, and the strength of survival – for not only did they survive, but they have managed to thrive. When I read this book, I could not imagine living through it once, let alone twice, as they wrote it down and relived their experiences.”
Peter Okonkwo, The Journal of American Youth Literature
“They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky is a memoir I found hard to imagine. it’s a story that left me thinking about life, and its troubles, thus leaving me with a change in perception of how I perceive life’s challenges… There is much about this book for you to find out for yourself. There is a level of melancholy that you will be exposed to reading this book. It is the best memoir that I’ve ever read and it caught me endlessly seeking meaning.”
Our Immigrant Story
by Denise Davidson, San Diego Union Tribune
“There are a few reasons why I wanted to tell this story, but the main one is that everyone has a voice, and you just have to find your voice. This is where my voice is right now.”
— Alephonsion “Alepho” Deng, author, Disturbed in Their Nests
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Disturbed In Their Nests
Nineteen-year-old refugee, Alephonsion Deng, from war-ravaged Sudan, had great expectations when he arrived in America three weeks before two airlines 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 mom Judy Bernstein had her own assumptions. The teenaged “Lost Boys of Sudan”—who’d traveled barefoot and starving for a thousand miles—needed a little mothering and a change of scenery: a trip to the zoo, perhaps, or maybe the beach.
Partnered through a mentoring program in San Diego, these two individuals from opposite sides of the world began an eye-opening journey that radically altered each other’s vision and life.
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