Title: The glass collector
Description: In Cairo, fifteen-year-old Aaron makes a living out of gathering garbage; as a member of the despised Zabbaleen, this is his fate. But Aaron has dreams. Every day he dreams of Rachel. He dreams that they will make a life together, far from the smells, cruelty and squalour of their daily existence. Suggested level: secondary.
Subjects: Refuse and refuse disposal, Poverty, Recycling (Waste), Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Recycling, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Children's fiction, Poverty, fiction, Refuse and refuse disposal, fiction, Recycling (waste, etc.), fiction, Egypt, fiction, New York Times reviewed
Places: Egypt, Cairo (Egypt)