Kirjahaku

Alan returns home to Africa after a year at school in England. He is met by his friend, Kimathi. However, things are not quite the same at home. The villagers are acting strangly. Then Alan's father discovers a beheaded chicken in the garage with the word Chui (leopard) written in blood.

Set off Papua New Guinea, this book involves two boys: one a Western boy living on board a boat with his family; the other a native boy, Kaleku, who has to prove his manhood by catching and killing a shark single-handedly. By the author of "The Place of Lions", nominated for the Carnegie Medal.