Twelve-year-old Ami lives on Culion Island in the Philippines, the world's largest leper colony, with her mother who is 'touched'. The arrival of Mr Zamora, a sinister government official, brings the life-changing decree that all healthy children must leave the island and move to an orphanage. Banished across the sea, can Ami find her way home before her mother dies?
With themes of prejudice, difference, segregation, family, friendship and loss, this
stunning novel provides plenty of opportunies for classroom discussion and will grip 11-14 students.
This is Book 61 in the Rollercoasters Series. See all Rollercoasters books here.
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