Street Children
Anthony Robinson and June Allan
Frances Lincoln
Resilience and optimism are the two words that spring immediately to mind while reading the accounts in this book given by six children and two families living in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Guatemala. From the children’s stories we learn something of the circumstances prior to their living on the streets (some had run away, others were abandoned), their present situations and their aspirations and hopes for the future.
Tinged with poignancy, the children’s voices as they tell their stories sound authentic and the accounts wholly believable. Although I have no experience of street children from these particular countries I have done some voluntary work with Indian street children and been impressed by their spirit; so too with these young people, Chippo,

Wellington, Elizabeth,

Santos, Denio, Miguel and the families of Ana Elizabeth and brother and sister, Christian and Valerie.
Each account is interspersed with both colour photographs and June Allen’s illustrations, making the children’s voices all the more compelling and immediate.

I hope this moving and inspiring book becomes widely read and discussed in primary schools, homes and other places where young people come together.
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