Binti's father is dying from AIDS, a disease that nobody in their town in Malawi dares name aloud. When the family is split up and sent to live with various scared and cruel relatives, Binti knows that it is up to her to reunite them. But her fight to do so means coming to an understanding of herself, and also of human nature.
Binti's father is dying from AIDS, a disease that nobody in their town in Malawi dares name aloud. When the family is split up and sent to live with v...
'Diego had never been in the jungle before. He'd lived with his family high in the hills, and then he was a prison kid, a city kid. His nights were bare light bulbs burning, women and children crying, guards yelling and keys clanging. He hated it, but it was what he was used to ...' A simple error of judgement hurls Diego into a nightmare. He's been living in prison with his mother and sister, looking after them and earning money whenever he can. Until the day he accidentally breaks the rules. Suddenly the family are in trouble, and Diego needs money to save them. So when one of his...
'Diego had never been in the jungle before. He'd lived with his family high in the hills, and then he was a prison kid, a city kid. His nights were ba...
A simple error of judgment hurls Diego into a nightmare. He's been living in prison with his mother and sister, looking after them and earning money whenever he can until the day he accidentally breaks the rules. Suddenly the family are in trouble and Diego needs money to save them. So when one of his friends tells Diego that he knows of a job that will make them both rich, Diego gives in to temptation. But the job is far different from what he's imagined. He soon finds himself in the heart of the Bolivian jungle working for men who make drugs for a living.
A simple error of judgment hurls Diego into a nightmare. He's been living in prison with his mother and sister, looking after them and earning money w...
Afghanistan im Jahr 2021, die Taliban haben wieder die Macht an sich gerissen. Parvana hat eine Schule für Mädchen gegründet, und ihr Sohn Rafi soll in New York auf die Ballettschule kommen. Doch eine Explosion auf dem Flughafen in Kabul macht Rafis Träume zunichte, und er muss allein den Weg nach Hause finden. Gleichzeitig fliehen die Mädchen vor den Taliban in Richtung Berge, um sich eine neue Zuflucht aufzubauen. Rafi schafft es trotz aller Gräuel zurück zu seiner Mutter, mit Hilfe jener Menschen, denen Parvana früher geholfen hatte.
Afghanistan im Jahr 2021, die Taliban haben wieder die Macht an sich gerissen. Parvana hat eine Schule für Mädchen gegründet, und ihr Sohn Rafi sol...
