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Diamond boy / Michael Williams.

by Williams, Michael, 1962-

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Little, Brown and Company, 2014.

Survival -- Fiction.

Diamond mines and mining -- Fiction.

Shona (African people) -- Fiction.

Blacks -- Zimbabwe -- Fiction.

Zimbabwe -- Fiction.

9780316320696 (hc.)

0316320692 (hc.)

384 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.

"When Patson's family moves to Marange region of Zimbabwe, he begins working in the mines, searching for blood diamonds, until government soldiers arrive and Patson is forced to journey to South Africa in search of his missing sister and a better life"--From publisher.

"Diamonds for everyone." That's what fifteen-year-old Patson Moyo hears when his family arrives in the Marange diamond fields. Soon Patson is working in the mines along with four friends, pooling their profits for a chance at a better life. Each of them hopes to find a girazi, a priceless stone that could change their circumstances forever. But when the government's soldiers come to Marange, Patson's world is shattered. Set against the backdrop of Zimbabwe's brutal recent history, Diamond Boy is the story of a young man who succumbs to greed but finds his way out through a transformative journey to South Africa in search of his missing sister, in search of freedom, and in search of himself."--From publisher.

Grades: 9-up. SLJ.

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