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My name is Sangoel

As a refugee from Sudan to the United States, Sangoel is frustrated that no one can pronounce his name correctly until he finds a clever way to solve the problem.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Williams, Karen Lynn
Other Authors:	Mohammed, Khadra (joint author.), Stock, Catherine (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Subjects:	Communication > Juvenile fiction. Names, Personal > Juvenile fiction. Immigrants > Juvenile fiction. Refugees > Juvenile fiction. Sudanese Americans > Juvenile fiction. Picture books for children.
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Summary:	As a refugee from Sudan to the United States, Sangoel is frustrated that no one can pronounce his name correctly until he finds a clever way to solve the problem.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Audience:	Ages 7-10.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:	9780802853073 (reinforced) 0802853072 (reinforced)
Author Notes:	Karen Lynn Williams has written several books about the difficult lives of children around the world, including Galimoto (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard), Tap-Tap (Clarion), and Circles of Hope (Eerdmans). Karen has lived in Haiti and Malawi, but now lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Visit Karen Lynn Williams's personal website: www.karenlynnwilliams.com Khadra Mohammed is the executive director of the Pittsburgh Refugee Center and has worked with refugees in the United States and abroad for more than twenty years. Khadra lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Catherine Stock is the author and illustrator of Where Are You Going, Manyoni? (Morrow) and Gugu's House (Clarion). She has illustrated numerous other books, including Karen Lynn Williams's Galimoto and the Gus and Grandpa series of books by Claudia Mills. She lives in New York and France. "