A group of undocumented children with letters for names, are stuck living in a refugee camp, with stories to tell but no papers to prove them. As they try to forge a new family amongst themselves, they also long to keep memories of their old identities alive.
Will they be heard and believed? And what will happen to them if they aren't?
An astonishing piece of writing that will enchant and intrigue children; perfectly pitched at a 9+ readership.
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Steve Tasane, whose debut novel Blood Donors was selected as one of the top 50 Diverse Voices in children's books, is a performance poet who has performed at Glastonbury, St Paul's Cathedral and the National Gallery, been writer in residence at the V&A Museum of Childhood and the Dickens Birthplace Museum, and been broadcast on TV and radio.
He says, "Every
