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.
A gritty, deeply moving story that shows how the human spirit can triumph in the harshest of worlds.
" Booklist 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.
They have nobody in the world to care for them. Here is their gripping story. front flap When disaster strikes their families, Mamo and Dani are compelled to live as street urchins in the slums of an Ethiopian city.
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This novel of unusual power for older boys and girls tells the gripping and dramatic story of homeless street children forced to do whatever they have to do in order to stay alive in the brutal slums of an Ethiopian city.