Books They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan by Benjamin Ajak (Author), Alephonsion Deng (Author), Benson Deng (Author), Judy A. Bernstein (Author)

"They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan" is a memoir co-authored by Benjamin Ajak, Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng, and Judy A. Bernstein that recounts the harrowing true story of three young Sudanese boys who survived the brutal Second Sudanese Civil War. The book shares the boys' personal experiences as they fled their homes to escape violent attacks by northern Sudanese government forces against southern villages. These attacks led to the loss of their families and forced the boys, who became orphaned, to undertake an arduous journey of over a thousand miles on foot through hostile environments to reach safety, initially in Ethiopia and later in refugee camps in Kenya.

Along the way, the boys faced extreme hardships, including starvation, exhaustion, disease, wild animal attacks, and the threat of conscription as child soldiers. The narrative provides a vivid and emotional account of their survival, resilience, and the deep bonds formed among the Lost Boys as they struggled to survive alone. The memoir also addresses the cultural and political context of the war, highlighting ethnic and religious conflicts between the Arab-Muslim north and the African-Christian south, which fueled the violence and displacement.