num_pages: 40
description: A young boy unites with thousands of other orphaned boys to walk to safety in a refugee camp in another country, after war destroys their villages in southern Sudan. Based on true events.
language: English
title: Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan
titlecomplete: Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan
genres: Cultural, Picture Books, Childrens, Race, African American, War, Africa, Sudan, Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 588
places: East Africa
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Illustrator Honor
publisher: Lee & Low Books