Playing With Fire
Sofia has lost her legs and her sister in a landmine accident. But now she's growing up and ready to fall in love. Her older sister Rosa is strong and beautiful and loves dancing. Sofia will never be able to dance, so how will anyone ever notice her enough to love her? She imagines a boy who will...
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Sofia has lost her legs and her sister in a landmine accident. But now she's growing up and ready to fall in love. Her older sister Rosa is strong and beautiful and loves dancing. Sofia will never be able to dance, so how will anyone ever notice her enough to love her? She imagines a boy who will love her for herself, and then she meets him - but is the Moonboy real, or just a dream of the African night? Then Rosa falls sick with a mysterious illness and Sofia fears the worst. When Rosa is diagnosed with HIV and turns to African magic for a cure, Sofia is the one who has to be practical and think of the future.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781865087146 (1865087149)
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Series: Sofia (#2)
Life is difficult for Sofia and her family, they don't have much money and their mother works long days in the fields to grow food for them. Sofia and her sister both do their best to bring in extra money with Sofia taking in sewing and Rosa working on their vegetable plot. Rosa is everything Sofi...