The Garbage King
- ISBN-10
- 0330478028
- ISBN-13
- 9780330478021
- Series
- The Garbage King
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-09-04
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Author
- Elizabeth Laird
Description
Inspired by the true story of an African childhood lived on the edge of destitution, award-winning Elizabeth Laird's The Garbage King 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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