Lost Girl Found - Hardcover

"This is a profound rendering of a southern Sudanese female heroine who must first go down into darkness before she can rise. Women around the world will savor this stunning book." -- Marilyn Krysl, author of "Dinner with Osama"
"Readers will come away with clear pictures of gender roles in Poni's culture as well as the South Sudan conflict's devastating physical and psychological effects. . . . Moving and necessary." -- "Kirkus", starred review

"This short, quickly paced narrative will stay with readers for the rest of their lives." -- "School Library Journal"
Parents' Choice Award for Fiction (Gold)

"Readers will come away with clear pictures of gender roles in Poni's culture as well as the South Sudan conflict's devastating physical and psychological effects. . . . Moving and necessary." -- "Kirkus", starred review

"This short, quickly paced narrative will stay with readers for the rest of their lives." -- "School Library Journal", starred review

"Poni is such a fully realized and sympathetic character that she engages readers from start to finish." -- "Horn Book"

Parents' Choice Award for Fiction (Gold)
"Readers will come away with clear pictures of gender roles in Poni's culture as well as the South Sudan conflict's devastating physical and psychological effects. . . . Moving and necessary." -- "Kirkus Reviews" starred review
"This short, quickly paced narrative will stay with readers for the rest of their lives." -- "School Library Journal, " starred review
"Poni is such a fully realized and sympathetic character that she engages readers from start to finish." -- "Horn Book"
An ALA Notable Children's Book
Parents' Choice Award for Fiction (Gold)
"Readers will come away with clear pictures of gender roles in Poni's culture as well as the South Sudan conflict's devastating physical and psychological effects. . . . Moving and necessary." -- "Kirkus Reviews" starred review
"This short, quickly paced narrative will stay with readers for the rest of their lives." -- "School Library Journal, " starred review
"Poni is such a fully realized and sympathetic character that she engages readers from start to finish." -- "Horn Book"
An ALA Notable Children's Book
A USBBY Outstanding International Book
Parents' Choice Award for Fiction (Gold)
"Readers will come away with clear pictures of gender roles in Poni's culture as well as the South Sudan conflict's devastating physical and psychological effects. . . . Moving and necessary." -- "Kirkus Reviews, " starred review
"This short, quickly paced narrative will stay with readers for the rest of their lives." -- "School Library Journal, " starred review
"Poni is such a fully realized and sympathetic character that she engages readers from start to finish." -- "Horn Book"

Finalist for the Colorado Book Award for Young Adult Literature
An ALA Notable Children's Book
A USBBY Outstanding International Book
Parents' Choice Award for Fiction (Gold)

"Readers will come away with clear pictures of gender roles in Poni's culture as well as the South Sudan conflict's devastating physical and psychological effects. . . . Moving and necessary." -- "Kirkus Reviews, " starred review
"This short, quickly paced narrative will stay with readers for the rest of their lives." -- "School Library Journal, " starred review
"Poni is such a fully realized and sympathetic character that she engages readers from start to finish." -- "Horn Book"

Winner of the Colorado Book Award for Young Adult Literature
An ALA Notable Children's Book
A USBBY Outstanding International Book
Parents' Choice Award for Fiction (Gold)

"Readers will come away with clear pictures of gender roles in Poni s culture as well as the South Sudan conflict s devastating physical and psychological effects. . . . Moving and necessary." "Kirkus Reviews, " starred review
"This short, quickly paced narrative will stay with readers for the rest of their lives." "School Library Journal, " starred review
"Poni is such a fully realized and sympathetic character that she engages readers from start to finish." "Horn Book"
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Winner of the Colorado Book Award for Young Adult Literature
An ALA Notable Children's Book
A USBBY Outstanding International Book
Parents' Choice Award for Fiction (Gold)

"Readers will come away with clear pictures of gender roles in Poni s culture as well as the South Sudan conflict s devastating physical and psychological effects. . . . Moving and necessary." Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"This short, quickly paced narrative will stay with readers for the rest of their lives." School Library Journal, starred review
"Poni is such a fully realized and sympathetic character that she engages readers from start to finish." Horn Book
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This is a profound rendering of a southern Sudanese female heroine who must first go down into darkness before she can rise. Women around the world will savor this stunning book. Marilyn Krysl, author of Dinner with Osama
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For Poni, life in her small village in southern Sudan is simple and complicated at the same time. But then the war comes and there is only one thing for Poni to do. Run. Run for her life. Driven by the sheer will to survive and the hope that she can somehow make it to the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, Poni sets out on a long, dusty trek across the east African countryside with thousands of refugees. In Kakuma she is almost overwhelmed by the misery that surrounds her. Poni realizes that she must leave the camp at any cost. Her destination is a compound in Nairobi. There, if she is lucky, she can continue her education and even one day convince authorities that she is worthy to go to the land of opportunity called America. Even more than the dramatic events of the story, it is Poni’s frank and single-minded personality that carries this novel. In a heartbreaking final twist, she finds her mother just as she is about to leave for the U.S., and must make the hardest decision of all.