The Camel Bookmobile
Author(s): Masha Hamilton
Once a fortnight, the nomadic settlement of Madidima, set deep in the dusty Kenyan desert, awaits the arrival of three camels laden down with panniers of books. This is the Camel Bookmobile, a scheme set up to bring books to scattered tribes whose daily life is dominated by drought, famine and disease. Into their world comes an unexpected wealth of literature - from the adventures of Tom Sawyer to strange vegetarian cookbooks and Dr Seuss. Kanika, a young girl who lives with her grandmother, devours every book she can lay her hands on. Her best friend is Scar Boy, a child who was mauled at the age of three by a hyena. The only condition of The Camel Bookmobile is that every book must be returned or else the visits will cease. Then one day a book is stolen...
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- : 0.475
- : 01 June 2007
- : 2.2 Centimeters X 15.2 Centimeters X 23.2 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Masha Hamilton
- : BC
- : 1
- : 813/.6
- : 320