The Garbage King - Brossura

Laird, Elizabeth

 
9780330415026: The Garbage King

Sinossi

Inspired by the true story of an African childhood lived on the edge of destitution, award-winning Elizabeth Laird's new novel takes readers on an unforgettable emotional journey. When Mamo's mother dies, he is abandoned in the shanties of Addis Ababa. Stolen by a child-trafficker and sold to a farmer, he is cruelly treated. Escaping back to the city, he meets another, very different runaway. Dani is rich, educated -- and fleeing his tyrannical father. Together they join a gang of homeless street boys who survive only by mutual bonds of trust and total dependence on each other.

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Descrizione del libro

A gritty, deeply moving story that shows how the human spirit can triumph in the harshest of worlds.

L'autore

Elizabeth Laird has had a love affair with Ethiopia - it's people's, culture, language and history - all her life. She lived and taught there for several years and returns often. The stories she learned from street children in Addis led directly to the writing of The Garbage King.

Her critically acclaimed children's books include Kiss the Dust (winner of the Children's Book Award), Secret Friends (nominated for the Carnegie Medal), Red Sky in the Morning, (Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal, shortlisted for the Children's Book Award), and Jake's Tower (shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal).

She and her husband divide their time between Surrey and Edinburgh.

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