Songs of a War Boy: The Bestselling Biography of Deng Adut - A Child Soldier, Refugee and Man of Hope

by Ben Mckelvey and Deng Thiak Adut

Book Overview

Deng Adut was six years old when war came to his village in South Sudan. Taken from his mother, he was conscripted into the Sudan People's Liberation Army. He was taught to use an AK-47 then sent into battle.

Shot in the back, dealing with illness and the relentless brutality of war, Deng's future was bleak. A child soldier must kill or be killed. But, after five years, he was rescued by his brother John and smuggled into a Kenyan refugee...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0733640524
• ISBN13: 9780733640520
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Hachette Australia
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.7"