The Eleventh Trade
- Authors
- Hollingsworth, Alyssa
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Tags
- contemporary , childrens
- Date
- 2018-09-18T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.03 MB
- Lang
- en
From debut author Alyssa Hollingsworth comes a story about living with fear, being a friend, and finding a new place to call home.
****They say you can't get something for nothing, but nothing is all Sami has. When his grandfather’s most-prized possession—a traditional Afghan instrument called a rebab—is stolen, Sami resolves to get it back. He finds it at a music store, but it costs $700, and Sami doesn’t have even one penny. What he does have is a keychain that has caught the eye of his classmate. If he trades the keychain for something more valuable, could he keep trading until he has $700? Sami is about to find out.
The Eleventh Trade is both a classic middle school story and a story about being a refugee. Like Katherine Applegate, author of Wishtree , Alyssa Hollingsworth tackles a big issue with a light touch.