Young Romani teens, Saida and Nikola, dream of escaping from the harsh discrimination and crushing poverty of life in a squatter settlement in Belgrade, Serbia.
Katarina Jovanovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, where she worked as a journalist in radio broadcasting. She is the recipient of The Christie Harris Children's Literature Award (The BC and Yukon Book Prizes) for The King Has Goat Ears (Tradewind Books), and the Chocolate Lily Award for The Blue Vase (Tradewind Books). Katarina teaches education at Vancouver Community College, and lives in Vancouver, BC with her husband, Bojan.
Hedina Tahirovic-Sijerčic is the author of six children's books, several collections of poetry and many other books including the autobiographical novella Rom Like Thunder, and Romani čhib: An Overview of the Romani Language and Culture. She is also the co-editor--with Cynthia Levine-Rasky--and a contributing author of A Romani Women's Anthology: Spectrum of the Blue Water.
