| Author | : Elizabeth Laird |
| File Size | : 51,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 28 March 2013 |
| ISBN | : 9780230738935 |
| Pages | : 304 pages |
Lost Riders by Elizabeth Laird Book PDF Summary
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 . . .