The Boy Is Gone Vernetta D. Young it uses gender-neutral language throughout

it uses gender-neutral language throughout and celebrates diversity in all its forms

This book has been awarded a silver medal in the Nautilus Awards - Middle Grade Fiction category

and Jack London within the context of writing and representation produced by people involved in the industry: miners and journalists

This is a book for school leaders written by an educational leader who has been there

The Boy Is Gone Vernetta D. Young it uses gender-neutral language throughoutA story with the power to change how people view the last years of colonialism in East Africa, The Boy Is Gone portrays the struggle for Kenyan independence in the words of a freedom fighter whose life spanned the twentieth century's most dramatic transformations. Born into an impoverished farm family in the Meru Highlands, Japhlet Thambu grew up wearing goatskins and lived to stand before his community dressed for business in a pressed suit, crisp