EAN: 9780399591983

NO HEAVEN FOR GOOD BOYS - KEISHA BUSH KARTONIER...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • Set in Senegal  this modern-day Oliver Twist is a meditation
on the power of love and the strength that can emerge when we have no other choice but to
survive. I loved this book because it is a story about generations of parents and children
saving one another with a love so powerful that it transcends distance  time  and reason.”—Ann
Napolitano  New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward Six-year-old Ibrahimah loves
snatching pastries from his mother’s kitchen  harvesting string beans with his father  and
searching for sea glass with his sisters. But when he is approached in his rural village one
day by Marabout Ahmed  a seemingly kind stranger and highly regarded teacher  the tides of his
life turn forever. Ibrahimah is sent to the capital city of Dakar to join his cousin Étienne in
studying the Koran under Marabout Ahmed for a year  but instead of the days of learning that
Ibrahimah’s parents imagine  the young boys  called Talibé  are forced to beg in the streets in
order to line their teacher’s pockets. To make it back home  Étienne and Ibrahimah must help
each other survive both the dangers posed by their Marabout  and the darker sides of Dakar:
threats of black-market organ traders  rival packs of Talibé  and mounting student protest on
the streets. Drawn from real incidents and transporting readers between rural and urban Senegal
No Heaven for Good Boys is a tale of hope  resilience  and the affirming power of love.

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