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by Elizabeth Laird (Author)
A gritty, deeply moving story that shows how the human spirit can triumph in the harshest of worlds.
Author Biography
Elizabeth Laird is the multi-award-winning author of many much-loved children's books. She has been shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for Jake's Tower, Red Sky in the Morning, Secret Friends, A Little Piece of Ground, The Garbage King and The Fastest Boy in the World. She lives in Britain now, but still likes to travel as much as she can.
Zeamanuel Abera is an independent art director, designer, and digital content specialist based out of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As a self-taught designer and a Computer Engineer graduate, his work exists at the intersection of art and technology, guided by a strong belief in creative design as a problem-solving tool, as a way of recognizing and forming relationships between ideas and reality, and as a method for improving the connections between people and the products they use.
Number of Pages: 336
Dimensions: 1 x 7.4 x 4.9 IN
Publication Date: October 28, 2025
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Garbage King
Interest Level: Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 12
