Star of light

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Hamid rubbed the light from his eyes and looked again. He was not dreaming; it was his stepfather!

The man watched Kinza as a snake might watch a baby rabbit at play, waiting for the moment to strike. And for one breathless moment Hamid was sure that he would reach out and snatch her away. Hamid does not want his little blind sister, Kinza, to be sold to a beggar by their stepfather, so he decides to rescue her. Together they escape from their mountain village to a town where there may be a new home for Kinza. But this is only the start of their adventures.

Will Kinza be safe? What will happen to Hamid, who dares not go back home? Set in North Africa, readers will be delighted by yet another of Patricia St. John's exciting, freshly edited novels.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 1 Kinza
• 2 The Secret Revealed
• 3 Si Mohamed Makes a Deal
• 4 Zohra Makes a Plan
• 5 Hamid Agrees to Help
• 6 Adventures on the Way
• 7 Hamid Completes His Mission
• 8 Doughnuts and Street Boys
• 9 Supper at the Nurse's Home
• 10 Hamid Learns a Lesson for Life
• 11 Christmas
• 12 Jenny
• 13 The Holiday Begins
• 14 A Light Begins to Shine
• 15 Jenny Learns a Hard Lesson
• 16 Rescue Plans
• 17 An Exciting Night
• 18 New Beginnings
• 19 Aunt Rosemary Explains
• 20 Partings and Plans