1. Southern Sudan, War, Water, and Food
This is a sample only.
Your project will have 10 facts with the sources where you confirmed them.
April Book Project Ms. Dorsey A2

2. Sudanese Civil Wars Find a timeline for Sudanese Civil Wars at

3. Sudanese Civil Wars
The first civil war from 1955 to 1972 was between the Sudanese government and southern rebels who demanded greater autonomy for southern Sudan.
The second civil war erupted in 1983 due to longstanding issues heightened by [the President’s] decision to introduce Sharia Law.

4. Sorghum, a cereal grain, is the fifth most important cereal crop in the world, largely because of its natural drought tolerance and versatility as food, feed and fuel. In Africa and parts of Asia, sorghum is primarily a human food product, while in the United States it is used mainly for livestock feed and in a growing number of ethanol plants. 
Salva Eats Sorghum

5. Salva Remembers His Dad Bringing Home Mangoes in His Bicycle Spokes
They would have been greenish on the outside and orange on the inside.

6. The Lesser Honeyguide: There is a bird that can be followed to honey.
Honeyguides love to eat energy-rich wax, and to obtain it they guide human honey-hunters to bees' nests. Unlike honeyguides, humans can use fire to subdue the bees and tools to open the nest. In exchange for being shown the bees' nest and harvesting the honey (right), the honey-hunters leave some wax comb for the honeyguide to eat.
From African Cuckoos.com

7. The Lesser Honeyguide: There is a bird that can be followed to honey.
Honeyguides love to eat energy-rich wax, and to obtain it they guide human honey-hunters to bees' nests. Unlike honeyguides, humans can use fire to subdue the bees and tools to open the nest. In exchange for being shown the bees' nest and harvesting the honey (right), the honey-hunters leave some wax comb for the honeyguide to eat.
From African Cuckoos.com

8. There is an Autuot Tribe and there are lions in South Sudan
Photo of lions in Sudan

9. Tamarinds
Salva’s uncle gives him tamarind to eat.

10. Salva’s group makes boats from reeds.
Picture from History of Boats at

11. Where Salva’s group crossed, the Nile looked like a wide lake.
The River Nile is about 6,670 km (4,160 miles) in length and is the longest river in Africa and in the world. Although it is generally associated with Egypt, only 22% of the Nile’s course runs through Egypt.

12. The Nile and Part of South Sudan
Encyclopedia Britannica Nile River

13. Fishermen on the Nile
AP Images Spotlight

14. Akobo Desert
I think . .

15. Acacia Bush
Acacia Bush

16. Use Only Reliable and Useful Sources
No sites such as Answers.com, Ask.com and other wikis where the answers come from just anyone – not necessarily experts.
No Wikipedia

17. Use Only Reliable and Useful Sources
No blogs.
The book itself is NOT one of your sources for nonfiction facts.