Boys Without Names
Kashmira Sheth, . . HarperCollins/Balzer & Bray, $15.99 (316pp) ISBN 978-0-06-185760-7
When 11-year-old Gopal's family tries to escape crushing debt by leaving their village in India for his uncle's home in Mumbai, Gopal is eager to help earn money, especially after his father disappears. Gopal is fooled by the promise of a factory job and ends up a slave in a small shack with five other boys he must nickname because none is allowed to say his name. Suffering a under a cruel boss, Gopal slowly unites the boys though storytelling, with each boy reclaiming his past and his name. Sheth's (
Reviewed on: 12/21/2009
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 208 pages - 978-0-06-185761-4
Other - 320 pages - 978-0-06-199188-2
Paperback - 320 pages - 978-0-06-185762-1
Prebound-Glued - 316 pages - 978-1-68065-002-0