Lost riders
Laird, Elizabeth
Forced to work as a camel jockey in a strange faraway country, Rashid enters a violent and dangerous world. Even though he becomes his stable's star jockey, all he can think of is escape
Paperback, Book.
English.
Children's stories.
Published
London: Macmillan Children's, 2009
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Details
Statement of responsibility: Elizabeth Laird
ISBN: 0330452096, 9780330452090
Intended audience: Juvenile.
Note:
Originally published: 2008.
Physical Description:
ix, 283 p. : map ; 20 cm.
Subject:
Child labor Juvenile fiction.; Camel racing Juvenile fiction.; Brothers Juvenile fiction.
Accelerated Reading
Book Level: 4.5
Interest Level: MY
Points: 9
Quiz Number: 215074
Author note
Elizabeth Laird is the author of many award-winning children's novels. Kiss the Dust, about the experience of the Kurds, won the Children's Book Award. Jake's Tower, Red Sky in the Morning, Secret Friends, The Garbage King, A Little Piece of Ground and The Fastest Boy in the World were all nominated for the Carnegie Medal. She and her husband divide their time between London and Edinburgh.