The Year Of Sharing

'Let me just shake hands and say goodbye, Richard.'

'Dad, you said you wouldn't come.'

' I'm sorry your mother couldn't come. She had to meet some very important people from over the world to talk about animals in danger. It was very important business. She wanted to come and say goodbye to you but...'(p.4)

Richard lives in a small village, people who live there must live alone in the forest with the wild animals for 

1 year when they become 12 years old.

A goodbye party is held for them and they leave for the forest to learn how to survive...

The Year Of Sharing
Harry Gilbert

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000