Small Change

Synopsis

Fiction. A Boy Crawls Through A Tunnel In The Gaza Strip To Bring Back Supplies To His Family And Neighbors Despite The High Risk Of The Tunnel Being Flooded, Gassed, Or Bombed. On The Eve Of The Arab Spring In Libya, A Girl And Her Best Friend Disguise Themselves As Boys To Train For A School Sports Competition, Knowing That If They're Caught They Will Be Severely Punished. Four Young Girls, Three Of Them Pregnant, Decide To Escape Their Abusive Husbands And Attempt To Cross From Morocco To Spain. Set Against These Turbulent Backdrops, This Chapbook Of Short Stories Features Children's Voices, Free Of Political Influence, To Remind The Reader Of The Distilled Best Of Human Relationships. With No Resources And Armed With Only Loyalty, Guts, And Tenacity, They Risk Their Lives For Their Friends In The Belief That This Is The Only Right Thing To Do.