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Author:
Deng, Rebecca, author.
Title:
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.
Publisher:
FaithWords,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xxi, 282 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Deng, Rebecca.
Christian biography--Sudan.
Christian biography--United States.
Refugee children--Sudan--Biography.
Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Personal narratives.
Sudan--Children--Civil War, 1983-2005--Children--Biography.
Sudan--Refugees--Civil War, 1983-2005--Refugees--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Other Authors:
Kolbaba, Ginger, author.
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.
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.
ISBN:
1546017224
9781546017226
1546013202
9781546013204
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1082223521
LCCN:
2018057660
Locations:
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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