When Tark discovers salt crystals on the edge of the lake that is the centre of his people's lives, it presages disaster. Forced to flee alone after fire and flood ravage his home, he comes to a land of plenty across the desert but it is already occupied by the xenophobic Valley People. He learns to assimilate into their culture but when the survivors of his own clan arrive he is faced with an irresolvable dilemma. Whichever side he chooses, he will betray people he loves.
Shrortlisted for the 2020 London Book Fair 'The Write Stuff' competition, The Boy Who Found Salt is a timeless fable of humankind's ability to survive environmental catastrophe.