City of Saints & Thieves
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets Gone Girl in this enthralling YA murder mystery set in Kenya.In the shadows of Sangui City, there lives a girl who doesn't exist. After fleeing the Congo as refugees, Tina and her mother arrived in Kenya looking for the chance to build a new life and home....
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets Gone Girl in this enthralling YA murder mystery set in Kenya.In the shadows of Sangui City, there lives a girl who doesn't exist. After fleeing the Congo as refugees, Tina and her mother arrived in Kenya looking for the chance to build a new life and home. Her mother quickly found work as a maid for a prominent family, headed by Roland
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780399547584 (0399547584)
ASIN: 399547584
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
City of Saints and Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson is set in Kenya but is the story of refugees from the Congo. The book is at times slow and wraps up too neatly at the end. However, the main character of teenager Tina or Tiny Girl gives this book a young adult feel and creates a character you can ch...
I received a copy from Penguin's FirstoRead.com The initial premise of this novel is nothing particularly original. Tina’s mother has been murdered, the police haven’t done anything and she’s hell bent on revenge. What gives this book an edge and makes it stand out in the YA mystery genre is its s...
City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson is a story about a young girl known as Tiny Girl. Being a refugee from Congo, she learns to live on the streets, and joins a gang known as the Goondas. She's determined to make her mother's killer pay, and attempts to ruin the man she feels is responsi...
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