Shining: The Story of a Lucky Man

by Robert Hillman and Abdi Aden

A remarkably warm-hearted, uplifting and inspiring story of one boy's survival against the odds.

Abdi's world fell apart when he was only fifteen and Somalia's vicious civil war hit Mogadishu. Unable to find his family and effectively an orphan, he fled with some sixty others, heading to Kenya. On the way, death squads hunted them and they daily faced violence, danger and starvation. After almost four months, they arrived in at refugee camps...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0732299845
• ISBN13: 9780732299842
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: HarperCollins Au
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"