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Naledi has a charming, gifted older brother, Basi. He is her hero and childhood ally against the watchful world of their parents. One day, however, she sees Basi commit a horrific act that goes against everything she knows about him. Naledi is caught in a bind. Should she report Basi or should she keep quiet? Would anyone believe her? There are no simple answers. In beautiful, lyrical, and intimate prose, Molope explores the dilemmas facing a ...

A gripping story about young camel jockeys in the Middle East Fifteen-year-old Munna leaves his poor family in India to work at a Sheikh's camel farm in a Gulf country. Here, under the supervision of the dreaded Master-ji, he must train the camel jockeys, young boys brought from South Asia to compete in the glamorous Gold Sword Race. Living in cramped conditions and deprived of food these little boys have nowhere to go. Munna realizes that he ...

It is 2007, and Iraq is roiling under the American occupation. Fractured by warring political factions, threatened by Islamic fundamentalism, preyed on by American industrialists, it is a place where the cry of a dying child often goes unheard. Against this backdrop, the Americans prepare to host the Conference for Democracy and the Salvation of Iraq, a glittering assembly of powerful Iraqis and Americans. One day, at the checkpoint in front o...