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304 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374114190
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date: Not specified
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Yemen, 1935. Jama is a “market boy,” a half-feral child scavenging with his friends in the dusty streets of a great seaport. For Jama, life is a thrilling carnival, at least when he can fill his belly. When his mother—alternately raging and loving...
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304 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374114190
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Yemen, 1935. Jama is a “market boy,” a half-feral child scavenging with his friends in the dusty streets of a great seaport. For Jama, life is a thrilling carnival, at least when he can fill his belly. When his mother—alternately raging and loving...