In this fascinating Young-Adult-style memoir, a South Sudanese boy grew up running from attacks in a seemingly endless genocidal war. He defended his cattle herd with an AK-47, survived the bombing of an Ethiopian refugee camp, joined a rebel army, and endured a lonely trek across Kenya before making it to America as a refugee. Defying all odds, this former child soldier went on to became a Hollywood actor and have his memoir published by Knopf.