In 1985 southern Sudan is ravaged by war. Rebels and government forces battle for control, with ordinary people . . . people like the boy, Salva Dut . . . caught in the middle. When Salva's village is attacked, he must embark on a harrowing journey that will propel him through horror and heartbreak, across a harsh desert, and into a strange new life.Years later, in contemporary South Sudan, a girl named Nya must walk eight hours a day to fetch

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"Nya va al estanque a buscar agua para su familia. Camina ocho horas cada día. Salva abandona su aldea devastada por la guerra. Es un refugiado, uno de los 'niños perdidos'. Destinado a atravesar África a pie en busca de su familia y de su seguridad. Dos jóvenes... dos historias. Un país: Sudán. Esta atrapante narrativa dual sigue dos hilos--uno de desarolla en 2008 y el otro en 1985--con mensaje de esperanza: incluso en un país agitado por...

The author of The Kiss tells the story of two women whose lives intersect in turn-of-the-century Shanghai; a Chinese girl named Mai, and her Western niece, Alice. 50,000 first printing. In poised and elegant prose, Kathryn Harrison weaves in The Binding Chair; or, A Visit from the Foot Emancipation Society, a stunning story of women, travel, and flight; of love, revenge, and fear; of the search for home and the need to escape it. Set in alluring Shanghai...