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Walk Toward the Rising Sun

By Ger Duany and Garen Thomas

By Ger Duany and Garen Thomas

By Ger Duany and Garen Thomas

By Ger Duany and Garen Thomas

By Ger Duany and Garen Thomas

By Ger Duany and Garen Thomas

By Ger Duany and Garen Thomas
Read by Ger Duany

By Ger Duany and Garen Thomas
Read by Ger Duany

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    About Walk Toward the Rising Sun

    The amazing autobiography of a young Sudanese boy who went from a child soldier and struggling refugee to international peace activist and Hollywood actor.

    Sudan, 1980s: Ger Duany knew what he wanted out of life–make his family proud, play with his brothers and sisters, maybe get an education like his brother Oder suggested, and become a soldier for his people when he’s old enough. But then his village was attacked by the North Sudanese military, death kept taking his loved ones away, and being a child soldier was not what he thought it would be. Amid heartbreak, death, and violence, can this lost boy find his way to safety?

    America, 1990s: After boarding a flight without his family to seek refuge in a foreign country, Ger worked tirelessly to adjust to a new life. It wasn’t long before he was thrown into the spotlight, as people discovered his talents for basketball, modeling, and acting. Yet the spotlight wasn’t the only thing following him, as he battled the effects of PTSD, resisted the siren call of the excesses of fame, and endured a new kind of racism in America. Amid fame, trauma, and the memory of home, can this lost boy find himself?

    About Walk Toward the Rising Sun

    The amazing autobiography of a young Sudanese boy who went from a child soldier and struggling refugee to international peace activist and Hollywood actor.

    Sudan, 1980s: Ger Duany knew what he wanted out of life–make his family proud, play with his brothers and sisters, maybe get an education like his brother Oder suggested, and become a soldier for his people when he’s old enough. But then his village was attacked by the North Sudanese military, death kept taking his loved ones away, and being a child soldier was not what he thought it would be. Amid heartbreak, death, and violence, can this lost boy find his way to safety?

    America, 1990s: After boarding a flight without his family to seek refuge in a foreign country, Ger worked tirelessly to adjust to a new life. It wasn’t long before he was thrown into the spotlight, as people discovered his talents for basketball, modeling, and acting. Yet the spotlight wasn’t the only thing following him, as he battled the effects of PTSD, resisted the siren call of the excesses of fame, and endured a new kind of racism in America. Amid fame, trauma, and the memory of home, can this lost boy find himself?

    About Walk Toward the Rising Sun

    The amazing autobiography of a young Sudanese boy who went from a child soldier and struggling refugee to international peace activist and Hollywood actor.

    Sudan, 1980s: Ger Duany knew what he wanted out of life–make his family proud, play with his brothers and sisters, maybe get an education like his brother Oder suggested, and become a soldier for his people when he’s old enough. But then his village was attacked by the North Sudanese military, death kept taking his loved ones away, and being a child soldier was not what he thought it would be. Amid heartbreak, death, and violence, can this lost boy find his way to safety?

    America, 1990s: After boarding a flight without his family to seek refuge in a foreign country, Ger worked tirelessly to adjust to a new life. It wasn’t long before he was thrown into the spotlight, as people discovered his talents for basketball, modeling, and acting. Yet the spotlight wasn’t the only thing following him, as he battled the effects of PTSD, resisted the siren call of the excesses of fame, and endured a new kind of racism in America. Amid fame, trauma, and the memory of home, can this lost boy find himself?

    About Walk Toward the Rising Sun

    The amazing autobiography of a young Sudanese boy who went from a child soldier and struggling refugee to international peace activist and Hollywood actor.

    Sudan, 1980s: Ger Duany knew what he wanted out of life–make his family proud, play with his brothers and sisters, maybe get an education like his brother Oder suggested, and become a soldier for his people when he’s old enough. But then his village was attacked by the North Sudanese military, death kept taking his loved ones away, and being a child soldier was not what he thought it would be. Amid heartbreak, death, and violence, can this lost boy find his way to safety?

    America, 1990s: After boarding a flight without his family to seek refuge in a foreign country, Ger worked tirelessly to adjust to a new life. It wasn’t long before he was thrown into the spotlight, as people discovered his talents for basketball, modeling, and acting. Yet the spotlight wasn’t the only thing following him, as he battled the effects of PTSD, resisted the siren call of the excesses of fame, and endured a new kind of racism in America. Amid fame, trauma, and the memory of home, can this lost boy find himself?

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    About Ger Duany

    Ger Duany is a survivor of the tragic exodus of an estimated 20,000 Sudanese children, the “Lost boys of Sudan,”… More about Ger Duany

    About Ger Duany

    Ger Duany is a survivor of the tragic exodus of an estimated 20,000 Sudanese children, the “Lost boys of Sudan,”… More about Ger Duany

    About Ger Duany

    Ger Duany is a survivor of the tragic exodus of an estimated 20,000 Sudanese children, the “Lost boys of Sudan,”… More about Ger Duany

    About Ger Duany

    Ger Duany is a survivor of the tragic exodus of an estimated 20,000 Sudanese children, the “Lost boys of Sudan,”… More about Ger Duany

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Nonfiction

    Hardcover | $18.99
    Published by Make Me a World
    Sep 22, 2020 | 320 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9781524719401

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Nonfiction

    Hardcover | $21.99
    Published by Make Me a World
    Sep 22, 2020 | 320 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9781524719418

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Nonfiction

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Make Me a World
    Sep 22, 2020 | 320 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9781524719425

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Nonfiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Sep 22, 2020 | 453 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593216729
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    Praise

    “An intimate look from a refugee’s perspective at the toll war takes.” —Kirkus Reviews
    “A powerful account”–The Horn Book 
    “Duany ­offers a harrowing but ultimately inspiring ­memoir.”–School and Library Journal

    Awards

    Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year SELECTION 2021

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