Lost Boy Lost Girl by John Bul Dau

Lost Boy, Lost Girl

     The book I am reading is called Lost Boy Lost Girl by John Bul Dau and Martha Arual Akech. The book is about John and Martha's life when they lived in Sudan.  They talked about their struggles as a kid living in poverty.

     John Bul Dau was born on July  1974 in Southern Sudan, Africa. John was one of the lucky kids that escaped and survive the civil war. He graduated High School in Kenya. The name of the high school is unknown. 

He dreamed of being a teacher when he grew up. He wanted to teach others better than his teacher taught him. Someone in his class asked his teacher what the english word 'cloud' meant and the teacher didn't know either and he said, "It means a large bird.". John has also co-written God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir. He won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for his first novel, God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir. His impact on the world was that he raised tens of thousands of dollars to cover the academic and medical expenses of Sudanese refugees.

Even though John Bul Dau had a rough childhood, he managed to make the best of it. By writing a book about it.



Sources: 
Big Speak, www.bigspeak.com, 2015 https://www.bigspeak.com/Inspirational-speakers/john-dau/

National Geographic, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/, 2015, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/john-bul-dau/

Lost Boy Lost Girl By John Bul Dau and Martha Arual Akeech, 2010