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020 _a978-0-141-01574-3
100 _aEggers, Dave
245 0 _aWhat is the What
260 _bPenguin Group
260 _c2006
300 _a538
520 _aValentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands of other orphans on their long, long walk to Ethiopia, where they find safety - for a time. Along the way Valentino encounters enemy soldiers, liberation rebels and deadly militias, hyenas and lions, disease and starvation. But there are experiences ahead that will test his spirit in even greater ways than these . . .
650 _aBiographical
650 _aFiction
942 _2DDC
942 _cBK
999 _c2039
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