The Thirsty Earth: A Novel

A young Caribbean boy must learn to survive by himself after the death of his grandmother and disappearance of his mother, while trying to stay one step ahead of corrupt police.

A twelve-year-old Caribbean boy wakes up to discover his grandmother, his only relative on the island, has died during the night. On his way into town to tell the authorities-and call his mother in America-he becomes the lone witness of a police execution. Worse, when he calls his mother's phone number, he gets a me...