'One day a child saw something glisten in the drying mud, white and tiny as a star in the night sky. It sparkled in the sun but when a brave man tasted it, it was salt, bitter as bile. Thenceforth, every day as the water retreated, the white crystals sprang on the surface of the drying mud and a foul stench spread over the lake, for the salt was poison.'
Blamed for the disaster that has overwhelmed his lakeside home, the boy, Tark, is forced to flee. Deep in the desert he finds a hidden valley inhabited by another people who spare his life because he is so young. He learns to assimilate into their culture but when survivors of his own clan arrive, he faces an irresolvable dilemma.
Set in no particular place or time, The Boy Who Found Salt is an unputdownable story of environmental disaster, superstition, and survival.
'One day a child saw something glisten in the drying mud, white and tiny as a star in the night sky. It sparkled in the sun but when a brave man tasted it, it was salt, bitter as bile. Thenceforth, every day as the water retreated, the white crystals sprang on the surface of the drying mud and a foul stench spread over the lake, for the salt was poison.'
Blamed for the disaster that has overwhelmed his lakeside home, the boy, Tark, is forced to flee. Deep in the desert he finds a hidden valley inhabited by another people who spare his life because he is so young. He learns to assimilate into their culture but when survivors of his own clan arrive, he faces an irresolvable dilemma.
Set in no particular place or time, The Boy Who Found Salt is an unputdownable story of environmental disaster, superstition, and survival.
One day it starts to rain. A boy takes his favorite toy dog and they go outside to jump in muddy puddles. They get very dirty and decide to take a bath. During their bath a treasure map is discovered...
Desmond Edmond decided to present his talent for writing in a form rarely seen in poetry books. he presents an autobiographical storyline in A LOST BOY TO A FOUND MAN. With firm grabse of his talent...
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