Question 1

What is What Is the What about?

Accepted Answer

*What Is the What* is the epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along with thousands of other children--the so-called Lost Boys--was forced to leave his village in Sudan at the age of seven and trek hundreds of miles by foot, pursued by militias, government bombers, and wild animals, crossing the deserts of three countries to find freedom. When he finally is resettled in the United States, he finds a life full of promise, but also heartache and myriad new challenges. Moving, suspenseful, and unexpectedly funny, What Is the What is an astonishing novel that illuminates the…

Question 2

Who wrote What Is the What?

Accepted Answer

What Is the What was written by Dave Eggers.

Question 3

How many pages is What Is the What?

Accepted Answer

What Is the What is 475 pages long.

Question 4

When was What Is the What published?

Accepted Answer

What Is the What was published in 2006.