Inspired by the true story of an African childhood lived on the edge of destitution award-winning Elizabeth Laird's The Garbage King takes readers on an unforgettable emotional journey When Mamo's mother dies he is abandoned in the shanties of Addis Ababa Stolen by a child-trafficker & sold to a farmer he is cruelly treated Escaping back to the city he meets another very different runaway Dani is rich educated
- & fleeing his tyrannical father Together they join a gang of homeless street boys who survive only by mutual bonds of trust & total dependence on each other