A Goatboy Never Cries

Johnny gets a quaint pet ‘Gringo’, which changes his plans for the summer holidays in surprising ways. Jillian, his sister, tells the story of that strange summer with ‘Gringo’.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hazel D. Campbell is the author of the award-winning book Ramgoat Dashalong (1997 Vic Reid Award for Children’s Literature sponsored by the National Book Development Council of Jamaica). Also the author of Tilly Bummie and Juicebox and Scandal, Mrs. Campbell is a specialist in fiction and has published stories for children and adults alike.  She continues to write and edit children’s literature and administers courses for the writing of children’s literature and short stories at the Philip Sherlock Centre of the Creative Arts at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.