<p><i> Commended for the 2004 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice Selection, short-listed for the 2005 Red Maple Award and Rocky Mountain Book Award</i> <br><br> When the Armenians of Turkey are marched into the desert to die in 1915, Mariam is rescued by her Turkish friend Rustem, and lives with mixed acceptance as a guest in his father’s harem. Kevork is shot and left for dead in a mass grave in the desert, but is rescued by nomadic Arabs and nurtured back to health.<br><br> Both teens must choose between the security of an adopted home or the risk of death in search of family.<br><br> A sequel to the highly successful <i>The Hunger, Nobody’s Child</i> is a stirring and engaging account of one of the twentieth century’s most significant events.</p>
