TY - BOOK AU - Alexander,Goldie TI - The youngest cameleer SN - 9781741304954 (paperback) U1 - A823.3 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Seven Hills, N.S.W. PB - Five Senses Education KW - Australian fiction KW - Children's stories KW - Cameleers KW - Australia KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Afghans KW - History KW - Pack animals (Transportation) KW - 1851-1901 KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Ahmed Ackbar, a thirteen-year-old Afghan and the youngest Afghan cameleer speaks Pashto and a very little English. He is the only surviving male in his immediate family. In late 1872 he sails into the prosperous city of Adelaide with three cameleers (Uncle Kamran, Alannah and Jemma Khan) to help look after four camels. But Ahmed has other things on his mind. What if his uncle isn't as innocent of his brother's (Ahmed's father) death as he seems? As the expedition treks into an unexplored interior, Ahmed must cope with Jemma Khan's enmity, his own homesickness, a very different culture and language, and the difficulties of exploration; Includes bibliographical references; For children N2 - Ahmed Ackbar, a thirteen-year-old Afghan and the 'youngest Afghan cameleer' speaks Pashto and a very little English. He is the only surviving male in his immediate family. In late 1872 he sails into the prosperous city of Adelaide with three cameleers (Uncle Kamran, Alannah and Jemma Khan) to help look after four camels. But Ahmed has other things on his mind. What if his uncle isn't as innocent of his brother's (Ahmed's father) death as he seems? As the expedition treks into an unexplored interior, Ahmed must cope with Jemma Khan's enmity, his own homesickness, a very different culture and language, and the difficulties of exploration ER -