Lost Riders

von Elizabeth Laird

283 Seiten, Taschenbuch, ab 9 bis 12 Jahre

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A story of separation and the strength of family, Lost Riders is a powerful and thought-provoking novel from award-winning author Elizabeth Laird.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 . . .

• Reihe: Macmillan Children's Books
• ISBN: 9780330452090
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.05.2009
• Größe: 195 x 130 mm
• Verlag: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL
• Empf. Lesealter: ab 9 bis 12 Jahre