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Nine year old Hamid does not want his little blind sister, Kinza, to be sold to a beggar, by their stepfather, so he decides to rescue her. Together they escape from their mountain village to a town where there may be a new home for Kinza. But this is only the start of their adventures. Will Kinza be safe? What will happen to Hamid who dares not go back home?
Rosemary, an English nurse and missionary, reaches out to little Hamid and his blind baby sister when they arrive weary and torn at her Moroccan gate. She adopts the tiny Kinza and tries to show God’s love to Hamid and his new friends. In an exciting twist, Rosemary discovers that Hamid ran away with Kinza and she resolves to go to their stepfather and ask permission to make Kinza her daughter. Hamid has recently accepted God’s Star of Light into his heart, and he goes along, planning to remain as a witness to his mother and her husband. An excellent lesson in God’s forgiveness and far reaching love. Great reading for youth ages 10-12. Fiction
Patricia St John (1919-1993) was a nurse, missionary and author. She earned a nursing degree at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London in 1946. In the early 1950’s she moved to Tangier, Morocco where she served as a missionary nurse for 27 years. Throughout her life, she travelled extensively in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, as the settings of her novels reflect. In 1977, she returned to England, where she cared for elderly relatives and ministered from her home to youths, single parents, and the elderly.
