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The garbage king

Laird, Elizabeth2025
Books, Manuscripts
This is the powerful and unforgettable story of children who live on the very edge of destitution. Dani and Mamo, and the gang of street boys that they join, have nothing and share everything. Their courage, loyalty and determination enable them to survive in the harshest of worlds.
Main title:
The garbage king / Elizabeth Laird ; illustrations by Yosef Kebede.
Author:
Laird, Elizabeth, authorKebede, Yosef, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Macmillan Children's Books, 2025.
Collation:
339 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2003.
Audience:
Interest age level: 9+.Juvenile.
Awards:
Scottish Arts Council Children's Book of the Year Award 2004
ISBN:
9781035034673 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
LC class:
PZ7.L1579
Language:
English
BRN:
4194643
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