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How Fast Can You Run by Harriet Levin Millan is a fictionalized account of Michael Majok Kuch's life. Millan needed to fictionalize to protect people in the book as life in Kuch's native Sudan is precarious at best. This book packs a punch from beginning to end and is not to be read without a good supply of hankies.

5 year old Majok is awoken when his house catches fire and when he runs outside soldiers are shooting at him and his family. In his mad dash for safety, he loses track of his family and travels with the refugees to Ethiopia. I work with 5 year olds and I can't even imagine this but this his amazing story over the next 20 years. It is so compelling. I could not put it down until finished.

I highly recommend it.

For a spoiler watch



https://www.goodreads.com/videos/1082...