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1) Sooley
Author
Language
English
Description
After seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called...
Author
Series
Cairo papers in social science volume 29, no. 4, winter 2006
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
6) Sooley
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
El narrador favorito de Estados Unidos pasa del juzgado a la cancha en una novela llena de suspense y emoción. -- Un hombre. Una esperanza. Una oportunidad para convertirse en leyenda. -- Samuel Sooleymon es un adolescente de Sudán del Sur con un gran amor por el baloncesto, un salto prodigioso y la velocidad del rayo. Un torneo de exhibición por Estados Unidos puede convertirse en su gran oportunidad, pero sus condiciones naturales necesitan...
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Language
English
Description
As a refugee from Sudan to the United States, Sangoel is frustrated that no one can pronounce his name correctly until he finds a clever way to solve the problem.
Author
Series
Impact studies in language and society volume 34
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Author
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
A biographical novel traces the story of Valentino Achak Deng, who as a boy was separated from his family when his village in southern Sudan was attacked, and became one of the estimated 17,000 "lost boys of Sudan" before relocating from a Kenyan refugee camp to Atlanta in 2001.
13) The good braider
Author
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a map of Sudan.
14) Minaret
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Publisher
BBC Worldwide, Ltd. Film
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
At the moment when the Sudan, the continent's biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old civilizing pathology re-emerges: that of colonialism, clash of empires, and yet new episodes of bloody (and holy) wars over land and resources. The director Hubert Sauper flies a plane into South Sudan, interviewing residents, Chinese oil workers, UN peacekeepers, warlords and American evangelists.