Author : Elizabeth Laird
Release : 2013-03-28
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 931/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lost Riders by : Elizabeth Laird
Download or read book Lost Riders written by Elizabeth Laird. This book was released on 2013-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of separation and the strength of family, Lost Riders is a powerful and thought-provoking novel from award-winning author Elizabeth Laird. Taken from their home in Pakistan to work in the Persian Gulf, eight-year-old Rashid and his little brother Shari cling to each other. Then they are separated and forced to become jockeys in the lucrative camel-racing business. Rashid is starved and worked to exhaustion by harsh supervisors - but he has a talent for racing and quickly becomes his stable's star jockey. Soon he begins to forget what life was like when he had a proper home. He almost begins to forget about Shari . . .