Yuot A Alaak

This is the true story of a teacher and community leader, Mecak Ajang Alaak, who led twenty thousand Lost Boys to safety during the Second Sudanese Civil War. During the Second Sudanese Civil War, thousands of South Sudanese boys were displaced from their villages or orphaned in attacks from northern government troops. Many became refugees in Ethiopia. There, in 1989,...

An important memoir now adapted for young readers. Once there was a man who rescued 20,000 boys from almost certain death. That man was my father. One of those boys was me. This is our story. During the Second Sudanese Civil War, thousands of boys were displaced or orphaned. In 1989, Mecak Ajang Alaak led the Lost Boys on a...