Songs of a War Boy: Teen Edition

The true story of Deng Adut - Sudanese child soldier, refugee, man of hope - for readers aged 12+.

Deng Adut's family were farmers in South Sudan when a brutal civil war altered his life forever. At six years old, his mother was told she had to give him up to fight. At the age most Australian children are starting school, Deng was conscripted into the Sudan People's Liberation Army. He began a harsh, relentless military training that saw this young boy trained to use an AK-47 and sent into b...