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The Glass Collector

The Glass Collector

Author(s): Anna Perera

Location(s): Cairo

Genre(s): Young Adult

Era(s): Modern

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Fifteen-year-old Aaron lives amongst the rubbish piles in the slums of Cairo.
His job? To collect broken glass.His life? Wasted. His hope? To find a future he can believe in . . .

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This novel will definitely interest teenage readers who are eager to know more about the wider world, particularly if their curiosity about Egypt has been piqued by recent events (Guardian )

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