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Brief Summary Of The Story 'The Lost Boys' By Sara Corbett

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“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you don’t stop”(Confucius). In the story The Lost Boys by Sara Corbett, three brothers and many other young boys,also known as The Lost Boys of Sudan, made the long 1000 mile journey to a refugee camp to get away from their war-stricken country. As they made this perilous trek, their wonders and desires about the United States grew. After living in the refugee camp for nine years, they finally got to fulfill their desires:The Lost Boys are getting out of Africa. First, The Lost Boys were motivated to survive on their mass exodus to the refugee camp, then the desire and dream to move to the U.S. At a young age, these boys were cast into a world filled with pain, hunger and the

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