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The Garbage King

Book Description
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... More
Book Information
PublisherPan Macmillan
BindingPaperback (11 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages336
ISBN-101509802959
ISBN-13978-1509802951
Publication Date11/01/2016
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About Elizabeth Laird (Author) : Elizabeth Laird is a published author, editor, and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Elizabeth Laird include A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tale... more
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2/26/2008 Lynndy Bennett tagged as: I recommend, I read

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