The Boy in the Wardrobe - Softcover

Jacoby, Esther

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9198684019 ISBN 13: 9789198684018

Publisher: Breaking Rules Publishing Europe, 2021

Synopsis

For a small boy, growing up in a country where the sun shines all day every day, where ripened fruit falls off the trees along the roadside, and where people tolerate children's noisy play, life is good. But for Jaime, growing up in El Salvador of the 1990s, life is fraught with dangers. His family is poor. Before long, the local gangs called "Mara" get interested in him and offer him two choices: Pay protection money or become a member. For Celia across town, the choices are equally stark.

While a foreigner helps Celia to escape to Europe, Jaime is left behind and hides. He becomes the Boy in the Wardrobe. His time is running short: if he is found by his pursuers, there will be no more choices.

This coming of age story tells of lives marked by violence, fear, and the choices people have to make. Set slightly before the refugee crisis that hit Europe in 2015, it tells of why some people risk all to flee to safety.

About this title

About the Author

Esther is an international woman. By day a Safety Manager, she spends her spare time writing novels, short stories and now has started on poems. Originally from Germany, she has spent most of her life in the English speaking world and writes in English in the first instance. Nowadays, she is also working on translations so that her writing can be found in both languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Breaking Rules Publishing Europe
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9198684019
• ISBN 13: 9789198684018
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 608