"Sometimes I think this search is hopeless. So much has happened since I Last saw my friends. Perhaps they have died or the rebels have taken them away. But I know I have to find Laker. I know she needs me. " In a country torn by war, it is easy to stop hoping. All Atita has is an old photograph. She does not even know if she will recognize Laker after all these years... Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. This volume has stories by African writers Jackee Budesta Batanda, Jack Cope, Mandla Langa, and M. G. Vassanji.