They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky
  by Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng, and Benjamin Ajak
  with Judy A. Bernstein

Summary

This is a true story of three ‘Lost Boys’ from Sudan. The Deng brothers and their cousin Benjamin were all under the age of seven when they were forced to leave their homes during the Sudanese civil war. The three boys were forced to trek one thousand miles across Sudan to Kenya and Ethiopia without their parents or any supply of food and water. In addition to their hunger, they had to deal with the heat of the desert, hunting animals, snakes, insects, and thieves. They do eventually reach a refugee camp but the locals took the best from what the United Nations provided and left the refugees starving. The three boys eventually come to the United States through the efforts of the International Rescue Committee. This book educates the reader about the huge loss of life and horrible injustices done to children due to a war about race (Arabs against blacks), religion (Muslims against Christians), and riches (huge oil reserves in Sudan). The war started in 1983 and is still going on today, over two million have died in this war.