The Curse of the Slaves (Paperback)

"The Curse of the Slaves" by Hanan S. Kanaan takes place in a small Greek Village, where an ancient curse is revived by a mysterious visitor, and causes havoc and potential disaster for all the adults that intervene. Only the children of the village are capable of breaking the curse and saving their parents from an eternal state of non-existence. All Greece depends on the bravery and ingenuity of these children.

""The Curse of the Slaves" is by turns children's fairy story, Greek myth and political allegory. In other words, like all the best children's literature it can be read with equal enjoyment by adults.

There is an ogrish monster at the heart of the story that would not be out of place in "Grimm's Fairy Tales," but this is not just a story of children using their ingenuity and bravery to survivve in a cruel world of adults.

It provides a message of hope for future generations: Children can change their lives by matching their bravery against seemingly overwhelming odds."

Richard Weeks, English literary journalist, London