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Chargement... Mountain wolfpar Rosanne Hawke
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From the author of MARRYING AMEERA comes a gritty new story about the child slave trade in Pakistan and one boy's fight for freedom. Ages: 12+ Razaq Nadeem lives in the tribal area of Kala Dhaka, known as Black Mountain, in Pakistan. When an earthquake strikes the area, and his family is lost, Razaq is told by his dying father to flee to Rawalpindi, where his uncle Kamil lives. In the aftermath of the quake, all is chaos. Razaq attends a school set up by aid workers for the homeless, learns some English and helps with the younger boys. But danger is around every corner. Razaq is sold into slavery by a man preying on orphans in the area, and desperate to escape the virtual imprisonment of washing dishes in a teashop for no wages, he heads for the streets, only to be betrayed and returned. Razaq's unusual and exotic looks attract the attention of a customer at the teashop, with disastrous results. Sold once more, he must watch as Tahira, a girl he becomes fond of, is sold to a rich man. Razaq and Tahira meet again, but despair of their fate as they grow older. A way out is eventually offered by Majeed, a social worker, but only after a hair-raising escape.From the author of MARRYING AMEERA comes another powerful and confronting book that deals with social justice for disenfranchised young people who have no voice or power as they bartered and sold for sex. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Radaq is a young man who loves his life in the mountains. He works hard to support his family and although only 15, he is looking forward to marriage to the girl his parents have chosen. This is the way life should be. Then the mountain is shaken by an earthquake and his whole family is killed. Alone and in shock, he is easy prey for a man who claims he will provide him free transport to the city to find his uncle. The transport is free all right, but instead of his uncle, a life of slavery is ahead. First he is sold to a man running a tea shop, but very quickly his good looks catch the eye of another adult and he is sold on and trained in the art of massage, and ‘whatever’.
Awful truth about those who prey on children left vulnerable by terrible disasters is not for the faint-hearted. This is almost an adult novel but older teenagers who live in affluent countries need to know this happens so they can try to do something to prevent it.
I adored the character who lived at the tip and cared for a number of disabled kids abandoned on the streets - he was an excellent foil to the other dregs of humanity and helped keep your faith about human kind as you read about the other low lifes.
A hard read but a must read - this stuff really happens. We cannot pretend it doesn't. (