"Playaway." . . "Biographical fiction." . . . . . . . . . "Valentino Achak Deng was among the thousands of children who had to flee their homes in Sudan in order to escape a life of war and danger. Soon he finds himself in the United States. But with his new home come new obstacles."@en . . . . . . . "What is the what the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel" . "This is the story of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee of the Sudanese civil war. Fleeing from his village in the mid-1980s, Deng becomes one of the so-called Lost Boys--children pursued by millitaries, government soldiers, lions and hyenas and myriad diseases, in the search for sanctuary, first in Ethiopia and then Kenya. Eventually Deng is resettled in the United States with almost 4,000 other young Sudanese men, and a very different struggle begins."@en . . "[This] is the story of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee of the Sudanese civil war. Fleeing from his village in the mid-1980s, Deng becomes one of the so-called Lost Boys -- children pursued by millitaries, government soldiers, lions and hyenas and myriad diseases, in then search for sanctuary, first in Ethiopia and then Kenya. Eventually Deng is resettled in the United States with almost 4,000 other young Sudanese men, and a very different struggle begins. -Back cover." . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . . . "Downloadable audio books"@en . . "Illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee now living in the United States. We follow his life as he's driven from his home as a boy and walks, with thousands of orphans, to Ethiopia, where he finds safety for a time. Valentino's travels bring him in contact with government soldiers, liberation rebels, hyenas and lions, disease and starvation, and a string of unexpected romances."@en . "What is the what [the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng] : a novel" . . . "Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng"@en . . "Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng" . . . . "Biographical fiction"@en . . "History" . "History"@en . . "This is the fictional story of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee of the Sudanese civil war. Fleeing from his village in the mid-1980s, Deng becomes one of the so-called Lost Boys--children pursued by millitaries, government soldiers, lions and hyenas and myriad diseases in their search for sanctuary, first in Ethiopia and then in Kenya. Eventually Deng is resettled in the United States with almost 4,000 other young Sudanese men, and a very different struggle begins."@en . . . . . "What is the what : the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel"@en . . . . "Historical fiction"@en . . . . . "Based closely on true experiences of the Lost Boys of Sudan, who fled their war-ravaged country to the United States in the mid-1980s, this novel of one refugee's story of escape is heartbreaking and arresting, filled with adventure, suspense, tragedy, and, finally, triumph."@en . "What is the what [the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng]"@en . . "What is the what [the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel]" . "A biographical novel traces the story of Valentino Achak Deng, who as a boy of seven was separated from his family when his village in southern Sudan was attacked by government helicopters and became one of the estimated 17,000 \"lost boys of Sudan\" before relocating from a Kenyan refugee camp to Atlanta in 2001.--"@en . . "Autobiographical fiction"@en . . "Audiobooks"@en . "What is the what"@en . . . "What is the what" . . "This is the story of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee of the Sudanese civil war. Fleeing from his village in the mid-1980s, Deng becomes one of the so-called Lost Boys--children pursued by millitaries, government soldiers, lions and hyenas and myriad diseases, in then search for sanctuary, first in Ethiopia and then Kenya. Eventually Deng is resettled in the United States with almost 4,000 other young Sudanese men, and a very different struggle begins." . . . . "A biographical novel traces the story of Valentino Achak Deng, who as a boy of seven was separated from his family when his village in southern Sudan was attacked by government helicopters and became one of the estimated 17,000 \"lost boys of Sudan\" before relocating from a Kenyan refugee camp to Atlanta in 2001." . . . . "Compact discs"@en . . "What Is the What"@en . "Compact discs (Book) (Unabridged)" . . "Sudan" . . "United States" . . "American fiction 21st century." . . "Books on CD." . . "Eggers, Dave." . .