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The Glass Collector Anna Perera. Albert Whitman Teen, $ (p) ISBN Jun 12,  · Overall Book Review: The Glass Collector is an intriguing story of a Zabbaleen teenaged boy working in the streets of Cairo. This book paints a vivid picture of the Zabbaleen . Yet “The Glass Collector” is less a plot-driven novel than a series of character portraits and snapshots, some of which are taken directly from the news. One scene briefly unfolds around.
 
 

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Yet “The Glass Collector” is less a plot-driven novel than a series of character portraits and snapshots, some of which are taken directly from the news. One scene briefly unfolds around. Mar 12,  · A lthough Anna Perera can’t have known it when she started writing her new novel, developing-world rubbish dumps have recently become a familiar setting for children’s books, used in Daniel Finn’s Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. The Glass Collector Anna Perera. Albert Whitman Teen, $ (p) ISBN

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A novel of hope and redemption in the most unlikely of settings. Perera draws a vivid portrait of the community’s squalid living conditions A powerful rendering of human struggle, resilience, and hope.

She worked as an English teacher in two secondary schools in London, and later became responsible for a unit for boys excluded from mainstream schools. She lives in Hampshire, England. Her first young adult novel was Guantanamo Boy. Read more. Tell the Publisher! I’d like to read this book on Kindle Don’t have a Kindle? Explore together: Save with group virtual tours. Amazon Explore Browse now. Customer reviews. How customer reviews and ratings work Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.

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Please try again later. Verified Purchase. Learning about other societies makes us culturally richer; this book accomplishes that and more. I will definitely recommend this to my literary friends. 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. Perera, Anna: The Glass Collector.. Next Article: Ransom, S. Topics: Books. Reading Time. But the point of view wavered, the ending was too neat, and the plot rambled a bit–making this a book most kids won’t suffer through voluntarily unless they’re interested in the concepts presented.

View 2 comments. 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 youngest and most expendable, after Aaron is accused of stealing he is cast out of his house. He must find a way to survive with nothing but his dreams and love.

I thought this book did a great job of making the reality of poverty very understandable. Anna Perera did a wonderful job with vivid imagery and I really thought that I was sifting through trash looking for my next meal. I love the way Aaron was characterized. Perera did a wonderful job with making his crises so real.

He is a hard, unloving boy on the outside, yet so soft and loving on the inside. The Glass Collector was very engaging and had me continue reading after each chapter. In almost every chapter an event occurred that was critical to the story line. It was not predictable either. I was expecting a very different ending, but was pleasantly surprised because the way Perera wrote it was much more realistic and eye opening.

I would recommend this book for anyone who is looking to explore poverty issues or would just like a good read. 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 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.

They pick through garbage for a living, separating recyclables and selling it for profit, but without the benefit of gloves or sanitary facilities. As you can imagine, this type of work is extremely hazardous and unsanitary, particularly for the “medical wasters,” people who grab bags of used syringes, tubing and bandages and dig through it with their bare hands to find recyclable items.

Just the thought of this reduces me to shivers and gags. Anyway, the book follows a boy who lives in a shantytown full of garbage; his specialty is collecting glass, as the title suggests. He resides with his stepfamily who treat him like Cinderella. Although the plot wasn’t incredibly cohesive, I think the purpose of the novel was really to illustrate to adolescents residing in the Western World that their lives are really privileged, comparatively speaking.

So, next time you complain about homework, annoying parents or pesky siblings, remember Which I definitely think is an important lesson for kids to grasp, even if they roll their eyes and pretend not to care. 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 Friendships and family are important, more so sometimes than your standing in life.

Aaron did always have a special way with the glass; only his practiced fingers could gather so much broken glass without cutting himself. Aaron knows more about glass than anyone he knew, the colours, the lights and beauty that is and can be made from glass.

Caught with a stolen perfume bottle it seems that the delights of being a glass collector are now denied him. An outcast with nowhere to go Aaron must learn the error of his ways and repent for his sins to be allowed back into the community and to have any chance at being with the girl he loves. I think that Anna Perera has captured the thoughts and feelings of the characters brilliantly.

The class Collector is written in both present tense and first person. This does well to display the thoughts and feelings of life in a poor village. This sensational novel confronts several difficult topics and life ideas including desperation, faith, social standards and wealth.

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 This is tough! If she were to just let scenes and situations explain themselves without overt commentary the story would be tighter and move more smoothly. In another review of this new title a reader noted that the characters were “flat”. I would say that only Aaron, the main character is flat, and this is particularly because of Perera’s narrative overlay.

Other characters, especially Shareen stand out quite strongly because they are allowed to be themselves without author interference. Aaron, on the other hand, can never develop himself as a character because Perera’s voice comments on his thoughts and feelings throughout. Despite the entire story being Aaron’s story, I found myself unable to really connect with him.

With a tighter edit this could be a much stronger novel, and I would encourage Ms. Perera to shorten the work considerably. It reads at a good pace, yet I felt like I could never get through it. Again, this is the result of too much author commentary on the playing out of events. 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 Aaron, a young Christian living in Cairo, is a member of the Zabaleen cast.

Aaron struggles to retain his position within the Zabaleen and not to have to become a medical waster. Perera tells an important story that includes many teachable themes. A few of these themes include poverty, recycling, societies within societies, gender roles and expectations, and access to services like education and health care.

The unique setting and characters had the promise of a good book, but the writing was not compelling. This book, with its depressing themes, was too easy to put aside. While some well intentioned adults, push their young children to read young-adult and adult books, because their young children can read at higher reading levels, I would not encourage that in this case, without an adult reading along with a child.

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Mar 12,  · A lthough Anna Perera can’t have known it when she started writing her new novel, developing-world rubbish dumps have recently become a familiar setting for children’s books, used in Daniel Finn’s Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. He lives at the mercy of his negligent stepfather, Hosi. Dreaming of a more beautiful world, Aaron spends his days collecting glass from the alleys in the city and avoiding the blows and taunts of his stepbrother, Lijah. He navigates the narrow confines of his life, spending his little free time with his friends and trying to stay out of : Anna Perera. Hardcover. $ 9 Used from $ 2 New from $ 1 Collectible from $ Paperback. $ 1 Used from $ 1 New from $ Enhance your purchase. Fifteen-year-old Aaron lives amongst the rubbish piles in the slums of s: 7.