The student poets featured in this book embarked on a literary analysis of the "universal refugee experience" two years ago in 7th grade. This experience serves to draw connections and commonalities among all the refugees of the world, and highlight reasons why people flee their country and the challenges they face finding a new home. Their journey began by delving into the novel A Long Walk to Water by author Linda Sue Park which juxtaposed the true story of Salva Dut (a Sudanese "Lost Boy" who flees Sudan during its long, brutal civil war only to return years later as founder of the Water...