They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan

They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky is the story of three young Sudanese men-"Lost Boys"-and their story of life as a refugee. The US government defines a refugee as "[Someone] who is unable or unwilling to return to, and is unable or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of, that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion." They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky eloquently offers the human definition of what a refugee is, capturing the true story of three young boys and their struggle to reach safety.

They Poured Fired is a unique is both captivating and horrifying as it provides a first hand account of survival through war, hunger, and life in exile. The story is complicated by the fact that the survivors were children--little boys--who fled their homes as orphans and walked more than 1,000 miles before reaching safety.

Despite the book's heavy themes and topics, They Poured Fire does not dwell on past pain and things lost. Instead, it is a remarkable story of perseverance and hope understood through survival.

I found this to be a great read. Thoughtful and poignant, I got a sense of what it is to be a small child caught up in the devestation of a country at war. Several times I paused in my reading to take in parts of their story. I was emotionally touched. I was so taken by the book that I read it in two sittings. This is a great book for adults and teens - a personalization of a war in a faraway place written by three young men who now call America home. You will come to care deeply about these three little boys and understand the saying, "When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled".

Rarely does a book come along that is so moving and inspirational that it is hard to put down and at the same time thought provoking. "They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky" is told in the unique voice of three young men who overcame and survived obstacles we can hardly imagine. Their mentor wrote a heartfelt introduction and helped to weave this book into a page-turner. But it is not the hardships that you will remember after reading this book, it's their unique views on life, their courage, and their will to survive that will live in your memories for a long time to come.
It is by far the best non-fiction book in print and a must read for all book groups and readers looking for inspiration in a world where atrocities and genocide have become common place.

I was prompted to purchase this book because I saw the three young men on TV, and was impressed with them. I had just finished reading the Kite Runner which I loved, and this reminded me a little of that book-very little really. I found it to be too repetitious which is a polite way of saying boring after awhile.

Had a book I wanted to purchase and contacted Amazon on the internet and they had just what I wanted. Shipping was right on time and the used book I got was just as had been described on the internet . Was very pleased with the purchase

This book is an insipirational read. They young boys in this book experienced so much pain, hardship, and relentless fear and despite all of that they managed to emerge with hope and optimism and go on to lead very productive lives. Students in middle school and high school would be served well by reading this in their schools as they could perhaps find real heroes to emulate. Though the descriptions are vivid, it is not brutal and therefore I believe young people could read this without being traumatized by its content.

A stunning literary survival story, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a "moving, beautifully written account, by turns raw and tender."

Across Sudan, between 1987 and 1989, tens of thousands of young boys took flight from the massacres of Sudan's civil war. They became known as the Lost Boys. With little more than the clothes on their backs, sometimes not even that, they streamed out over Sudan in search of refuge. Their journey led them first to Ethiopia and then, driven back into Sudan, toward Kenya. They walked nearly one thousand miles, sustained only by the sheer will to live.

They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky is three boys' account of that unimaginable journey. With the candor and the purity of their child's-eye-vision, Alephonsion, Benjamin, and Benson recall by turns how they endured hunger and strength-sapping illnesses. How they dodged the life-threatening predators-lions, snakes, crocodiles and soldiers-that dogged their footsteps. How they grappled with a war that threatened continually to overwhelm them. Their story is a lyrical, captivating portrait of a childhood lost to war, and of the perseverance of the human spirit.