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Product details
- ISBN 9781743369470
- Dimensions: 128 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 15 Oct 2017
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin
- Publication City/Country: AU
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
- Age Group: Ages 12+
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Trouble Tomorrow is a novel for young adults, set during the Sudanese Civil War. Obulejo, a sixteen-year-old Ma'di boy, whose name translates as 'trouble tomorrow', is asleep in the dormitory of his boarding school when the town is attacked by Rebel troops. Separated from family and close friends, Obulejo flees into the hills, and then makes a terrifying journey, full of danger from wild animals and pursuing soldiers. Once across the border in a refugee camp, he is safer but has no future among them - until he joins a pioneering peace education program and begins to find ways create a more hopeful life for himself and others.
Sarafino Enadio is a Madi man from South Sudan who has been working in conflict resolution for almost 20 years, having trained as a peace educator during his time in a refugee camp in Kenya. After migrating to Australia, he completed a teacher's aide course and a BA from the University of Tasmania, and is now studying for a Masters Degree. A leader in his local community, he is also choirmaster for the African choir in Hobart. He has jointly authored two picture books and a memoir.Dr Terry Whitebeach is a Tasmanian writer, historian and community artist who has performed, presented conference papers and taught creative writing in community, workplace and educational settings. Her publications include poetry, radio plays, novels for young adults and biographies or life histories. Trouble Tomorrow is her fourth collaborative project with Sarafino Enadio.
