- AIDS (Disease), Brothers and sisters, Juvenile fiction, Grandmothers
Compelling and uplifting, this powerful new work by the author of The Breadwinner trilogy is a contemporary novel that puts a very real face on the African AIDS epidemic, which to date has orphaned more than 11 million children. All royalties for this book will be donated to UNICEF.
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Contemporary, earnest, classical in form and grave.
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- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Deborah Ellis
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 208
- Publisher
- Shu gui wen fang, Oxford University Press, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780192754356
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