Told from three perspectives, Sarel, who just witnessed the brutal murder of her parents, Nandi, the leader of a pack of dogs who looks out for her pups and Sarel, and Musa, an escaped prisoner with the water song inside him, struggle to survive in a land without water.
- ISBN: 9780547976518
- Published: 2013 , Harcourt
- Themes: Death of parents, desert, Dog, drought, Environment, Fugitives, Survival
- Descriptors: Africa, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction
- No. of pages: 144