Lost Riders
Author | : Elizabeth Laird |
Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2013-03-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230738935 |
ISBN-13 | : 0230738931 |
Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A story of separation and the strength of family, Lost Riders is a powerful and thought-provoking novel from award-winning author Elizabeth Laird. Taken from their home in Pakistan to work in the Persian Gulf, eight-year-old Rashid and his little brother Shari cling to each other. Then they are separated and forced to become jockeys in the lucrative camel-racing business. Rashid is starved and worked to exhaustion by harsh supervisors - but he has a talent for racing and quickly becomes his stable's star jockey. Soon he begins to forget what life was like when he had a proper home. He almost begins to forget about Shari . . .