--Selected for the prestigious 2024 White Ravens catalogue of international book recommendations, compiled by the International Youth Library--
--Winner for the 2024 Singapore Book Awards (Best Young Person's, Fiction Title)--
Life is bustling on Bussorah Street, and yet, Zak is feeling restless. All he wants is to be a sepak raga trainer, but his father insists that he learn the family trade of tailoring. And he's not looking forward to the upcoming circumcision ritual, a rite of passage that all Muslim boys must go through to become a man...and Zak's definitely not ready to be a grownup. But when the war arrives on the street, it shakes up Zak's world at the core. It is through immense love and loss that Zak comes into his own.