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The Glass Collector

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Fifteen-year-old Aaron lives amongst the rubbish piles in the slums of Cairo. His job? To collect broken glass. His life? Wasted. His hope? To find a future he can believe in.

Paperback, 352 pages

Published February 3rd 2011 by Penguin Books Ltd

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Feb 04, 2012 Jo rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: for-review, own, 2012, ya, good-grief, history-smishtory, kiddlywinks, e

3.5 stars.

It’s normal in Cairo- the city of magic and ancient mysteries- for rich and poor to stand side by side, to share the same doorways and buildings, the same streets, without ever really seeing each other.

“Nothing can satisfy our minds like the kinds of journeys we are capable of when we use our imaginations. Only then can we discover the truth.

When I visited Cairo a couple of years ago, the thing that struck me the most was how fascinating and incredibly daunting it was seeing two co...more

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Jan 08, 2012 Kara rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc, egypt, contemporary, depressing, for-review, net-galley, young-adult

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So the blurb on this one is really short. And while it makes you curious, I don't think it makes someone want to read the book. Neither does the cover. I think they both did the book a disservice and I can't help but wonder why the publisher would go in this direction. Not a choice I would have made, and I think that really sucks and will hurt the book's sales. So I think I am going to give you guys a summary on this one and hop...more Another one of my reviews that got deleted.

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So the blurb on this one is really short. And while it makes you curious, I don't think it makes someone want to read the book. Neither does the cover. I think they both did the book a disservice and I can't help but wonder why the publisher would go in this direction. Not a choice I would have made, and I think that really sucks and will hurt the book's sales. So I think I am going to give you guys a summary on this one and hopefully it will make you want to read the book. Because it was a great book and deserves to be read.

New information on 10/31/2011: Apparently the cover I was using is actually the UK cover and so was the blurb. The Albert & Whitman cover and blurb is much better, but because it is not posted on Goodreads, I can't add it to my review. But if you would like to see the updated cover and blurb, be sure and visit my blog at The Glass Collector Review. I still think it's important to leave my comments on the UK cover here though, because there are a lot of UK Goodreads users. But my review is supposed to be of the US edition.

So there's this teen, Aaron. And he lives in the slums of Cairo. But they aren't just any slums in any city. He lives in Mokattam and he is a garbage collector. You're probably thinking of the guys that go around your neighborhood with sanitation trucks and collect bags out on the street and then drive them off to the landfill. That's not exactly what happens in Cairo. Cairo has a garbage collection service, but apparently there is so much trash in Cairo, that they cannot possibly collect it all. Aaron is a Zabaleen. They are a community of people that serve as informal garbage collectors. They go around to different parts of the city, collect the garbage behind businesses and take it home. Yes, home. There they sort it into different piles by material. Glass, metal, medical waste, etc. And then they sell it to a middle man who has it recycled and remade into usable materials. Can you imagine having to put your hands into dirty piles of garbage every day? Touching spoiled and moldy food, used syringes, and drug paraphernalia? Squick, ick, and gross. But that's what Aaron does. He is a glass collector. He searches the garbage piles for glass and that's his job, day in and day out.

There's way more to this story than that though. He lives with his step family because his mother died and he has no living relatives left. And his step family is mean to him. They treat him like a burden. It's also about his life, his neighbors, living in Mokattam, his friends and his love of colored glass.

I kind of fell in love with these people. Life is ridiculously hard for them. And though this story is fictional, there is a lot of truth here. This story was well-researched and it clearly shows. The characters are properly fleshed out and the community of Mokattam is clearly a character in the story as well. I didn't love the setting because it was kind of sad and depressing, but it was beyond interesting. This book just pulled me in and wouldn't let go until it was over.

This is one of those books where I had little to no expectation going into reading it. And once again, I was pleasantly surprised. Because of the lack of a well thought out blurb, I had no idea what the story was going to be about. And that's for the best sometimes. It was a fantastic story with fantastic writing. I would read it again and it comes highly recommended from me. I think it's one of those books that should be read by all.(less)

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Mar 14, 2013 NebraskaIcebergs rated it 4 of 5 stars

Has a book or movie ever so immersed you that any questions you might have about plot or character don’t enter your mind? At least not until the story is finished? And even then you still like it? This is how I felt about The Glass Collector by Anna Perera, which is based on research into current events in Egypt. Only as the end of her tale of fifteen-year-old Aaron drew near did I began to wonder about some of its flaws. Yet I still thoroughly enjoyed my glimpse into a world very different from...more Has a book or movie ever so immersed you that any questions you might have about plot or character don’t enter your mind? At least not until the story is finished? And even then you still like it? This is how I felt about The Glass Collector by Anna Perera, which is based on research into current events in Egypt. Only as the end of her tale of fifteen-year-old Aaron drew near did I began to wonder about some of its flaws. Yet I still thoroughly enjoyed my glimpse into a world very different from mine.

For example, there isn’t much of a traditional plot. Aside from a love story, the bulk of the first half of the book is about the daily routines of Aaron and his family as they collect and sort through garbage, looking for items they can sell. Any events are only loosely connected. Aaron sees a vision of Saint Mary at a local hotel, a friend marries a hateful husband, a bomb kills two and destroys property, a presidential visit receives minimal attention, and a motorcycle accident injures Aaron’s girlfriend. Any of these incidents could be removed with little impact. It’s not until Aaron’s family disown him for stealing perfume bottles from a local merchant that a real crisis emerges.

There also isn’t much in the way of traditional character development, in that Aaron never really changes. For instance, there’s his theft of the perfume bottles. He begins with two and gradually adds more, and there’s no doubt would have continued this thievery if he hadn’t been caught and ostracized. When his community accepts him again, Aaron only sometimes feels guilty about these actions. His family hates him without reason and then suddenly his brother loves him. Even his friends (including girls with romantic intentions) are hot and cold about their affection for him. Finally, there is the unevenness with which the story’s viewpoint is handled. Generally, the story is told in third-person limited, inside Aaron’s head. Occasionally, Perera randomly shares glimpses into other characters, perhaps to create an understanding for how others behave around Aaron. For example, three-quarters into the book, she tells how Aaron’s brother feels and why. Unfortunately, it seems out of place this late into the book and succeeds only in disconnecting me from Aaron’s story.

Despite these flaws, here are the reasons why I think The Glass Collector is worth seeking out. First, while it lacks a traditional plot, it doesn’t need one. As fragmented as its scenes may be, they fit together like the panels of a quilt, to create an over all impression of the Zabbeleen community. At one point, Aaron must make a decision of whether to stay with his people or to escape to a cleaner, safer, and wealthier life. Part of what makes the dilemma so tough for him is that the community is essentially one big family. By the time he faces that decision I understand how he feels, because I’m sad to leave his world too when Perera’s novel ends. Character development is a trickier issue. Yes, I wish Aaron had felt more remorse over his thievery. And the sudden changes in attitude of those around him remind me of It’s Okay Now by Gary Schdmit, which I loved until the end when I felt betrayed by the unjustified happily-ever-after conclusion. The character issues pale, however, in contrast to being able to see inside the world of a culture previously unknown to me, and which, judging from everything I’ve read, seems to have been realistically portrayed. Although Perera isn’t from Egypt, she did visit the Zabbeleen and developed tremendous respect for them. This shows through in her author’s note and in her vivid descriptions. As for the switching viewpoints, this flaw didn’t bother me until near the end. Even then, I still remained absorbed in Aaron’s story.

The Glass Collector will pull you into a new world. And when you finally must depart from it you’ll have plenty to think about. Perera left me wanting to know more about the actual Zabbeleen, which to me is a mark of a winning book.(less)

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Mar 18, 2013 Jennifer rated it 3 of 5 stars

I don't know if I am oversensitive or precious, but unless there is something redemptive to keep me reading through it all, I do not enjoy reading about (or watching, for that matter) misery, extreme poverty and abuse. Don't get me wrong, I read a lot of books about India, and sad books that involve a lot of pain and suffering, but I must admit that most of those are written for adults, and it would be harder to write about these topics for a younger audience. I Love the work of Rohinton Mistry...more I don't know if I am oversensitive or precious, but unless there is something redemptive to keep me reading through it all, I do not enjoy reading about (or watching, for that matter) misery, extreme poverty and abuse. Don't get me wrong, I read a lot of books about India, and sad books that involve a lot of pain and suffering, but I must admit that most of those are written for adults, and it would be harder to write about these topics for a younger audience. I Love the work of Rohinton Mistry and Gregory David Roberts, and Arundati Roy, and they all refuse to turn their own or the reader's face from the misery that they depict. But they are such wonderful writers that the depictions of joy within their worlds are gifts to the reader, and their characterisations so compassionate that we feel we cannot leave the people of that world, and so we stay to learn with them, and eventually be redeemed with them (I do need that promise of hope somewhere, I think).

So why am I writing about all these other books when I am supposed to be talking about The Glass Collector?
Because the contrast is stark between the above group of works and this one. Perera seems to lack the skill to sufficiently draw the reader into this world to make them stay for the journey, and it takes an extraordinary skill to draw us into these places which are unpleasant and stinking and abusive and just sad. I almost think that adolescents are a group that even more dearly need the promise of hope as a shadow beneath their feet as they read a novel such as this one. And there is a promise of hope, on the blurb of the book, but it takes up until the last 50 or so pages of the novel until this hope emerges from the trash and misery to become real.

Whilst we hope for the best for our hero, Aaron, he isn't sufficiently optimistic, unique, inspired, humorous, intelligent or quirky to make us dream with him, and he is downtrodden by the shabbiness of his world into a depression which we can certainly relate to, but never enjoy, like the great writers can encourage us to do.
Interestingly, to go on again about a different book, I've just started my next read, which is tragic and upsetting - The Fault in our Stars, by John Green, and its nothing like this. I already love the character who is to die by the end of the book, and am fully invested in the depressing world of her decline into death from cancer.
Perera gets plenty of brownie points for tackling a challenging subject, and possibly introducing it to our YA readers, but I'm not sure they will stick with it for the whole journey, which is sad. (less)

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Aug 11, 2012 Lauren rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012

Brilliantly vibrant setting and a heartwarming yet grittily realistic story. I did, however, find Perera heavy-handed at times, especially in the way she felt the need to switch perspectives. For the overwhelming majority of the book, we follow Aaron's third-person perspective, but in tiny snippets, Perera inserts in paragraphs from other people's perspective - saying things that the reader should be left to infer.
The ending was also a bit sketchy and I wasn't quite sure everything turned out h...more

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May 04, 2013 Lydp16 rated it 3 of 5 stars

The Glass Collector by Anna Perera takes place in hot and dusty Egypt. This book takes readers into the real life trash cities located in Cairo. A fifteen year old boy named Aaron has a job as a Zabbaleen, or trash collector in Arabic. Every day he leaves his smelly home to go and comb the alley ways of Cairo for pieces of precious glass that can be recycled. The family of four just scrapes by, but when their source of transportation is destroyed life becomes practically unbearable. Being the yo...more

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Mar 27, 2013 Bdalton rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: around-the-world-ya-booklist, young-adult-fiction

Aaron, a young Christian living in Cairo, is a member of the Zabaleen cast. The Zabaleen are garbage collectors and recycle tons of Cairo's trash. They live in smelly, filthy conditions but have a strong community. While the Zabaleen are outcasts, there is a sub-class that is the lowest of low. These are the medical wasters who sort through bags of medical waste looking for recyclable materials. Aaron struggles to retain his position within the Zabaleen and not to have to become a medical waster...more

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Sep 17, 2012 Iain Coggins rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s-ya-lit

This is tough! Because of its obvious social importance, particularly from a teaching point of view, I want to give The Glass Collector four points. But I find that I cannot. Being a teacher myself, I can see what Perera is trying to do. This seems to be a novel intended for instruction, and that's fine, but it often feels too instructional. Perera continually qualifies what is happening in the scenes, especially those concerning Aaron; she does too much telling at the expense of showing. If she...more

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Jun 05, 2012 Stefani rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: depressing, young-adult

Every time I read a book about some previously unknown atrocity occurring in a developing country, part of my heart shrivels up and blackens a bit more than it already is, causing me to think that the earth is, in fact, on a ruinous path of destruction as predicted by our friends, the Mayans. I'm not sure why I do this to myself.

And, on that happy note, comes the topic of this book, about a class of people, Coptic Christians living in Cairo called Zabaleen (Arabic for garbage collectors). They p...more

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May 04, 2012 Sarah Sammis rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: netgalley, read-in-2012

The Glass Collector by Anna Perera follows Aaron, a Zabbaleen (Coptic Christian) teen. The Zabbaleens are the garbage collectors of Egypt. They collect it in horse drawn carriages and recycle it and feed the food scraps to their live stock (pigs).

The book opens with Aaron believing he sees the Virgin Mary in in the glass of one of the tourist hotels. That strong opening with a hint of magical realism set up expectations for the direction this novel was going to take. But after that initial sight...more

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Feb 21, 2012 Betsy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, e-books, arc

This book had some serious potential that it didn't quite live up to. I read it via an ARC from netgalley, so perhaps there will have been a touch more editing before the book is published? (ranging from simple fixes in typos--"mommies" instead of "mummies" to the more difficult job of both shortening/tightening the plot and helping the ending out some).

In short, the book centers around a teenager named Aaron who is part of the Zabbaleen people (who are Coptic Christians) outside the city of Cai...more

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Feb 22, 2012 Bookworm1858 rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2012, ya-read, netgalley

Last year I read Perera's Guantanamo Boy and appreciated Perera's skill in tackling such a prominent part of world politics when most YA shies away from that. Thus I was excited to see another work from her, this time looking at the Zabbaleen people in Cairo, Egypt who collect the garbage of the city. This is another timely topic as the book is set just before the Egyptian uprising of last year, overthrowing Hosni Mubarak.

I'm not very familiar with Egypt so most everything that was discussed was...more Last year I read Perera's Guantanamo Boy and appreciated Perera's skill in tackling such a prominent part of world politics when most YA shies away from that. Thus I was excited to see another work from her, this time looking at the Zabbaleen people in Cairo, Egypt who collect the garbage of the city. This is another timely topic as the book is set just before the Egyptian uprising of last year, overthrowing Hosni Mubarak.

I'm not very familiar with Egypt so most everything that was discussed was brand-new to me. I did not know that the Zabbaleen were a community within Egypt to collect the discarded trash, sorting and recycling what is still usable far beyond the work of Western waste-collecting companies. They are also Coptic Christians in a predominantly Muslim country and incredibly poor, especially in comparison to the wealthy tourists who visit the city. Another important part of their economy is maintaining pigs, a casualty of swine flu fears, which majorly impacted them.

All of these strands are present in the story but not as much as I would have liked. Actually I think I would have enjoyed a non-fiction examination of the Zabbaleen written by someone with the skill of Perera because I loved these themes and would like to be more informed about them.

However there is also a story featuring main character Aaron, the titular glass collector who is drawn to the beauty of the glass. I don't know, I just could not connect with this guy. He dreams of a better world, away from his cruel stepbrother and stepfather and starting a romantic relationship with the girl who tends the horses. But he also steals from a shop-owner, lies, and runs away. I generally felt sympathetic toward him as his situation is awful but I was wondering how the story would go. He was not enough to capture my attention nor did the other characters spark for me. Sometimes there were pages where nothing was really happening and the story just stalled. I did not get the feeling that there was an ending that the story was driving to; it was just meandering.

Overall: The story was not as engaging to me due to flat characters but I loved the evocative writing and the idea of this book; I hope I can find more YA books set in locations beyond the USA, Canada, and the UK.(less)

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Feb 13, 2012 Wandering Librarians rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: family, fiction, realistic-fiction, serious-issues, ya

Aaron is one of the Zabbaleen people of Egypt. The Zabbaleen are the unofficial trash collectors of Egypt. Each day, hundreds of children just like Aaron go out into the streets of Cairo and pick through the piles of garbage looking for recyclables. They haul it home, sort it, and sell it.

Their lives are surrounded by garbage. When Aaron's step family kicks him out, Aaron has few choices. He can steal, beg, die, or take the worst garbage collection job there is - a medical waster.

So, this was pr...more Aaron is one of the Zabbaleen people of Egypt. The Zabbaleen are the unofficial trash collectors of Egypt. Each day, hundreds of children just like Aaron go out into the streets of Cairo and pick through the piles of garbage looking for recyclables. They haul it home, sort it, and sell it.

Their lives are surrounded by garbage. When Aaron's step family kicks him out, Aaron has few choices. He can steal, beg, die, or take the worst garbage collection job there is - a medical waster.

So, this was pretty horrific. I didn't know. I didn't know there were such people as the Zabbaleen, and that they've been there for a long time, and that they're still there. It really makes me think about all the other terrible things that are going on in the world I don't have any idea about.

There are incredibly vivid descriptions of the squalor Aaron and other people in his village live in. They live with trash, day in and day out. The sleep next to it, they eat next to it. There's the constant horrible smell. Without them, trash would overrun Egypt. They recycle 80% of what they find, where the government run services only recycles 20%. It's incredibly dangerous. As you would guess, disease runs rampant. The most dangerous of all the jobs is being a medical waster, and only the most poor and desperate take that job. These are the people who go through the trash at hospitals or other medical facilities. That means you have people picking through used needles and blood bags with their bare hands. Many of them die from infection.

For me reading this was more learning about a people I didn't even know was out there. The story itself was secondary, and a little disjointed. Aaron's job is collecting glass. He loves glasses, and there a perfume shop he's obsessed with. He loves to look at the beauty of the glass bottles. One day, he goes so far as to steal some. When he's caught, he's shunned by his step family and now must figure out how to survive. He is in love with a girl names Rachel, and has to deal with his abusive stepfather and his very violent stepbrother.

Much like Okay for Now, the end wrapped up in a tidy way that didn't fit with the rest of the story. Aaron's stepbrother undergoes a dramatic character change that comes out of nowhere, and Rachel suddenly decides to marry him. His stepfather dies and now he doesn't have to be a medical waster any more. That was all a little strange.

I don't know if this is a book a kid would just pick up, and it's not one I would recommend for a light read, but for those social justice conscious kids it's a great one.

The Glass Collector will be available March 1, 2012.

Find out more about the Zabbaleen at http://www.zabbaleen.com/. (less)

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Feb 11, 2012 Mrs. S rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2012

**This is a book I got for free, in advance through Netgalley.** I read The Glass Collector in two halves a few months apart. The story itself, and the detail with which Perera described the life of the Zabbaleen, were fascinating. The Zabbaleen are a community of people who live in a village just outside of Cairo, and who collect and recycle much of the city's trash. Clearly, Perera has done her research, and it shows in the strongest parts of the book, which depict life in the Zabbaleen villag...more

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Nov 06, 2011 Kristina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc-egalley-for-review

When I saw The Glass Collector on Netgalley, I requested it right away. I read Anna Perera's other work, Guantanamo Boy, which was a heartbreaking, but very real story, and I knew The Glass Collector was going to be the same.

Aaron is a 15 year old boy who lives with his abusive step family. With no one on his side, he spends his days collecting garbage, mainly glass, so that his stepfather could sell it. He dreams of an education and a better life but no there is no way out of his situation. He'...more

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Sep 24, 2011 Kay.Anne rated it 2 of 5 stars

Friendships and family are important, more so sometimes than your standing in life. This is obviously what Aaron believes. Born a Zabbaleen, Aaron is forced to work with the rest of the men to scavenge rubbish off the busy streets of Cairo. Living with his abusive stepfamily and with the low price of recyclable goods scraping a living is much harder than it once was.
Aaron did always have a special way with the glass; only his practiced fingers could gather so much broken glass without cutting h...more

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May 14, 2011 Sylvie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Sylvie by: Review in The Economist Magazine

Shelves: fiction, young-adult

This young-adult novel is beautiful and, for me, it was also educational because it describes the life of Egypt’s Zabbaleen. The Zabbaleen are Coptic Christians who pick up Cairo’s trash and then sell it for a pittance to companies who then recycle it and sell it for a lot more money. Without the service provided by the Zabbaleen, much of the city’s trash would remain on the streets.

Aaron is a Zabbaleen teenager who picks up street trash then transports it back to his neighborhood where it is t...more

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Apr 18, 2012 Richard rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012

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Apr 15, 2012 Elizabeth B rated it 4 of 5 stars

It's hard to find socially conscious YA titles that actually teach something in a provocative way and this novel manages to do so. The characters are brilliantly drawn and the atmosphere and setting are so well crafted that your heart can't help but break for these people. It will be hard for some readers to get into the writing style - the first person pov, although popular with publishers, is not popular with the readers at my library. They complain about every such title that they are faced w...more

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Jan 09, 2013 Mark rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-and-punishment, death-and-dying, drug-abuse, relationships, romance-star-crossed-or-otherwise, survival, young-adult-literature, multicultural

Not an easy read, for the harrowing living conditions the book depicts. But, as with Guantanamo Boy, Perera focuses on episodes and people most of us don't even know exist. Beautifully written, with vibrant characters, and a moving message about what it means to be part of a community.

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Nov 02, 2012 Michele Velthuizen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Genre: Trial by Fire (realistic fiction)
Grade level: 5+
Reading level: 5+
Read-alikes: Iqbal, Homeless Bird

I picked up this book because I enjoyed author Anna Perera's other novel, Guantanamo Boy. This book takes place in the slums of Cairo, in a settlement called Mokattam, where trash that has been collected from the city during the day is sorted and recycled by the Zabbaleen "Garbage People" at night. Life is hard for these people, and the conditions they live in abominable, but they are a surpr...more

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Mar 28, 2012 Christina rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2012, realistic

an interesting book that gives a fascinating look into a culture that very few people know about, the Zabbaleen people in cairo egypt. 15 year old aaron makes his very meager living by collecting glass out of the garbage left behind in the city. he lives a life of appalling poverty and filth, yet manages to keep a hopeful outlook, finding beauty in the glass he loves and and joy in every glimpse he catches of rachel, a pretty girl on whom he has a crush. I had a few small issues with some of the...more

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Jun 01, 2012 Duncan Prescott rated it 5 of 5 stars

Phenomenal depiction of the poverty in Cairo for the Coptic Christians. Protagonist's situation was horrific and progressed on all levels to the end. Well done.

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Aug 25, 2012 Edward Sullivan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult-novels, africa

Western readers are likely to be completely unfamiliar with the marginalized community of which fifteen-year-old Aaron is a member and the bleak, hard-scrabble existence they are forced to live. A vividly written, often moving story of hope and redemption in a most unusual setting.

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Sep 12, 2010 Samantha rated it 5 of 5 stars

Never before have I read a book that is so real and so powerful.
The Glass Collector opened up a side of Cairo I never knew existed. It is a novel that everybody should read, whether they are 15 or 55. Guaranteed to make you stop and think. Expect to moved by this exceptional book.

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Oct 04, 2012 Sandy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: librarylinknj-book-eval

15 year old Aaron lives outside of Cairo in a small village earning a small income collecting and sorting trash from the city. Based on real events, it is depressing and disheartening, but it was a way of life I was unaware of before.

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Jun 06, 2011 Morag Gray rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: People who like realistic fiction

Shelves: didn-t-like-but-not-junk, dnf

There is nothing wrong with this book. It is well written. It just was not my thing.

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May 15, 2012 Dutchbaby marked it as to-read

Shelves: selling-it-2012

contemporary, international

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May 18, 2013 Cynthia added it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, egypt, young-adult

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Anna was born in London to a Sri Lankan, Buddhist father and Irish, Catholic mother and grew up twenty miles away. After teaching English in two secondary schools in London, she ran a unit for teenage boys who were excluded from school and later did an MA in Writing For Children at Winchester University. She lives in London and has a grown-up son.

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