The Garbage King Author:Elizabeth Laird When Mamo's mother dies, he is abandoned in the shanties of Addis Ababa. Stolen by a child-trafficker and sold to a farmer, he is cruelly treated. Escaping back to the city, he meets another, very different runaway. Dani is rich, educated?and fleeing his tyrannical father. Together they join a gang of homeless street boys who survive only by mut... more »ual bonds of trust and total dependence on each other.« less