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. This is a gritty, deeply moving story that shows how the human spirit can triumph in the harshest of worlds.
- ISBN10 1405019263
- ISBN13 9781405019262
- Publish Date 4 April 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 June 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Macmillan Children's Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Language English