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David Nyuol Vincent was only eight years old when he fled southern Sudan with his father, as war raged in their country. He left behind his distraught mother and sisters, his village and his childhood. For month, David and his father walked across southern Sudan, barefoot, desperately searching for safety, food and water. David was taken in and trained as a child soldier. Life was a relentless struggle against starvation, air bombings and people determined to kill him and his people, eventually finding his way to Australia.

David's story is the powerful account of a young man's resilience. The story of a boy who refused to die.