Hussein is a young boy growing up in a small village in Bulgaria. He lives with his mother and father and his younger brother Hassan, and is surrounded by the familiar and loving embrace of his grandparents, and his aunts and uncles and cousins.
Hussein and his family are Roma, or Gypsies, and have been [...]
This is a collection of nine short stories. The young people who inhabit Wynne-Jones’ tales are independent thinkers, often wise beyond their years, who react to the ordinary and sometimes extraordinary events of their lives in ways that reflect their unique and complex personalities. Rich in the small observations that evoke the reader’s [...]
This is the story of Maria, a young HIV-positive girl living in the South American country of Suriname. Told in the first person, the book relates the experiences of Maria and her younger sister, Willy, who live with their very sick mother in the home of their uncle, until their mother’s death from AIDS. [...]
