One of a series of readers for African students which aims to help them to develop an awareness and a love of language, and consists of stories from all over Africa. In this story Juma buys dried bread every day on his way to school and does odd jobs in order to pay for it. Then the work runs out.

 

This book is part of a book series called Junior African Writers-Level 3 .

This book is aimed at the following children: primary school, secondary school . This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 1991 by Pearson Education Limited .

Tracey Lloyd is an actor, writer and teacher. She has lived and worked in France, East Africa and Papua New Guinea. She is the author of radio plays, short stories and graded reading books for children in the developing world. She works with new and reluctant readers in an Oxford primary school.