Sooley

Beatrice and her children continue to search for food, water, and safety. They join a larger group heading for a refugee camp in Uganda, and after a week of travel and near starvation, they arrive. Beatrice asks if Angelina is in the camp database, but she is not. Beatrice has stayed close with two other mothers from her village, and they vow to stay together in the camp. Life in the camp consists of waiting in long lines to get food, water, or medical attention. When the boys get sick with malaria, a nurse gives Beatrice tickets to get new clothes and a tent. Not wanting to leave her friends, she convinces the nurse to give her tickets for them too. Once moved into their new tent, she finally feels a sense of relative safety. One day, she notices a nurse from Doctors Without Borders speaking on a cell phone and asks if she can help her contact her son in America. She gives the nurse Ecko’s name and hopes for the best.

Samuel spends a few weeks living with Lonnie. He eats home-cooked meals and spends his time playing video games with Lonnie’s children. He then moves into his dorm room on campus and gets a job as an equipment manager for the football team.