Coram Boy: Part 6

By JAMILA GAVIN

Meshak tightened the straps round the mule's belly. He ignored the faint kitten-like wails which came from the sacks and tried not to look at the sneering face of the man he called his father. From his driving seat Otis peered round the covered wagon and flicked his whip at him.

Jester, the brown scraggy lurcher, shadowed Meshak among the mules as the boy tried to compensate for his negligence by meticulously checking all the panniers. The other dogs, tied to the wagon by bits of string, barked their heads off and leapt and twisted in a frenzied bid to pull free. They didn't calm down till Meshak and Jester were back on the wagon.

Publisher: Mammoth

Price: $16.95

Age group: 12 plus years

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