More information about the history of the Lost Boys and Girls and the plight of Southern Sudan in the wake of the Second Sudanese Civil War is available online, in books, and in film. An abridged bibliography of available sources is below.
Books
Home of the Brave is Katherine Applegate’s young adult novel about Kek, a Sudanese refugee who comes to America and struggles to make a new home. Written as a free verse poem, it reflects the longing of a Lost Boy. Published by Felwell and Friends, an imprint of Holtzbrinck Publishers, in September 2007.
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan, by Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak, and Judy A. Bernstein. Read a book review by Holly Holland in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
What Is the What, written by Dave Eggers, is the novelized autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, from his pre-war life in southern Sudan to his resettlement in the United States. All proceeds from What Is the What go to aiding the Sudanese in America and Sudan. Valentino Deng started a foundation in 2006 to raise money to improve educational opportunities for refugees in southern Sudan and the United States. See the Speakers Bureau for more information about Sudanese who are available to share their stories with audiences around the United States.
Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan (Echoes Joint Venture, 2004), a graphic novel series by Myk Friedman, tells the story of several Lost Boys who have settled in Dallas, Texas, including Matthew Mabek. Published in Dallas by James Disco.
Lost Boy no More: A True Story of Survival and Salvation, by Abraham Nhial and DiAnn Mills.
The Lost Boys of Sudan: An American Story of the Refugee Experience, by Mark Bixler. Read a book review by Holly Holland in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
I Will Go the Distance: The Story of a Lost Sudanese Boy of the ‘Sixties, by Jacob J. Akol (Kenya, Paulines Publications Africa, 2005).
The Journey of the Lost Boys: A Story of Courage, Faith and the Sheer Determination to Survive by a Group of Young Boys Called “The Lost Boys of Sudan,” by Joan Hecht.
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books; Lee & Low Books, Inc., 2005), by Mary Williams.