Diamonds
ISBN: 9.78176E+12
Australian: No
Published: 2020 by Allen & Unwin
Level:
Middle Years (6-9)
A child asks her mother where her diamonds come from, and going to bed that night with her African nanny tucking her in, dreams of the live this woman and her family would have lived working in a diamond mine, where the wage they get is a pittance compared to the money diamonds are sold for. A confronting look at how diamonds fund arms sales, civil war and unrest.