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Gr 9 Up—Patson Moyo's life is perfectly ordinary. He is on the cross-country team with his best friend, Sheena. His father, a teacher, is often a little dreamy but a wonderful storyteller. His perky little sister, Grace, loves to play games on his cell phone. Patson never would have guessed that his smart, university-graduate father, who had won the Outstanding Teacher Award four years in a row, can barely make ends meet, due to government corruption and the massive devaluation of the Zimbabwean dollar. Egged on by Patson'...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Formerly middle-class but now made destitute by Zimbabwe's runaway inflation, Patson and his family leave Bulaway for a new life in Marange, where Patson's stepmother has family. Her brother James Banda runs a syndicate, where thousands of poor miners pan for low-grade industrial diamonds, hoping to find finer gemstones, which they hand over to Banda in exchange for a tiny share of the profits. But when Patson's family arrives in Marange after a harrowing journey, they find that the high school i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Formerly middle-class but made destitute by Zimbabwe's runaway inflation, Patson and his father are forced to become diamond miners. W...Log In or Sign Up to Read More