{"product_id":"9781479710201","title":"Realising the Dream: Journey of a Lost Boy","description":"Akoi Manyiel Guong is the founder of the Seed of Hope Foundation(SeedHF), an organisation established to support the building of health and education facilities in his home village of Patuenoi in the state of Jonglei,South Sudan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A member of the Sudanese Lost Boys’ Association of Australia,Akoi has a special interest in Sudanese youth in both South Australia and South Sudan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The warm, still night was shattered by the sound of gun shots. I woke up with a gasp. Women’s voices shrilled the alarm: Wui- Wuuui! Wui-Wuuui! Wui-Wuuui! Government soldiers were attacking our village! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The whole village was lit up in fl ames. I could hear people shouting and screaming. The panicked cattle were crashing through their pens, bellowing with fear. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e My mates and I fl ed swiftly into the surrounding forest. Soon we were far away. The shouts and screams and gunshots faded into the background, but still we continued to run, frantically, blindly, into the night. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e So begins the journey of 10-year-old Dinka boy, Akoi Manyiel Guong. From the warmth and security of his family, he fl ees to Ethiopia where he joins thousands of other boys—the Sudanese lost boys—before becoming a child soldier, a fugitive, and ultimately a refugee seeking safety on the other side of the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the course of his journey, Akoi loses everything and yet, at the same time, finds his destiny.","brand":"Xlibris AU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175744454896,"sku":"9781479710201","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781479710201_p0.jpg?v=1763617001","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781479710201","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}