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Follows Peekay, a white British boy in South Africa during World War II, between the ages of five and eleven, as he survives an abusive boarding school and goes on to succeed in life and the boxing ring, with help from a chicken, a boxer, a pianist, black African prisoners, and many others.
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For Kariuki, life in his small Kenyan village is one great adventure. It gets even more interesting when he meets Nigel, an English boy who is visiting his grandfather. Kariuki befriends Nigel even though the rest of the villagers fear him and call him "the mzungu boy."
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Rain and her pet lion cub, Saa, were taken from their home in a village near "the edge of Wild" and brought to the Tekkies' fortified island. The Tekkies believe that Rain and Saa can help provide them with water, but when Rain discovers what they have in store for her, she has no choice but to try to escape.
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