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A hard-hitting and intensely moving novel about child slavery in the Middle East from the Carnegie-shortlisted author of Crusade.
Taken from their home in Pakistan to work in the Persian Gulf, eight-year-old Rashid and his little brother Shari cling to each other. Then they are separated and forced to become jockeys in the lucrative camel-racing business.
Rashid is starved and worked to exhaustion by harsh supervisors but he has a talent for racing and quickly becomes his stable's star jockey. Soon he begins to forget what life was like when he had a proper home. He almost begins to forget about Shari...
Ages 9-11
RRP: $14.99
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| ISBN 13: | 9780330452090 |
| ISBN 10: | 0330452096 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 304 |
| Dimensions: | 198 x 129mm |
| Released: | 01/07/2009 |
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