Beka Lamb
About the book
Fourteen-year-old Beka grows up in Belize City, navigating school, family and loss.
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Belize
Edgell explores coming of age and the history of slavery in British Honduras. Young offers short fiction rich in local humour and satire. Ellis leads from rural Belize into the wider Caribbean and its diaspora. Esquivel adds contemporary Belize City, mental illness and the work of family care.
WHERE TO START
- Beka LambZee Edgell
- Pataki Full: Seven Belizean Short StoriesColville Young
- BenjyKathy Esquivel
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Pataki Full: Seven Belizean Short Stories
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