Chapters XXV-XXVI Summary and Analysis

Valentino goes to work at the century club, where he meets his fellow work mate, Ben. Ben asks what happened to his face. Valentino says nothing and Ben presumes he got into a fight, which he says is the case with too many of the Sudanese in America.

Back in Sudan, news gets to the camp that the Lost Boys have a chance of going to America. Their first step is to write autobiographies of what happened to them on their journey to Kakuma. Valentino struggles to write his and goes to see Achor Achor. Achor Achor has written five pages, yet has only just started. In the end, Valentino decides to describe every little detail of his journey, right down to the color of the trees, putting together a 10-page autobiography. However, as all his friends, including Tabitha...