A Boy Named Thomas: The Story of a Boy, a Donkey, and an Immigrant's Struggle for Survival

Thomas Smith and his family have traveled from their home in South Scalia to seek medical care for his sister. It's supposed to make everything better. What they discover is that their new home in North Scalia holds danger and the deepest kind of intolerance.

It starts when Thomas is only seven. His younger sister, Grace, gets a simple cough. In impoverished South Scalia, advanced medical care is scarce, and Grace's cough soon turns into a deadly infection. There is no help for her in South ...