The Kind Gang

A lively and sensitive first person narrative of the life of a young boy in Uganda particularly appealing to younger readers. Awazi Kati tells the story of his childhood and upbringing and close relationship with his father a kiosk small-businessman and liberal Muslim whom he admires and trusts. But when his father is accused of being a thief and then pays for his crime with his life Awazi is confronted with his father's own belief that people cannot be trusted and his life changes radically.