Without A Silver Spoon by Eddie Iroh

Winner of the International Board on Books for Young People, Certificate of Honour, this story for young people teaches the lesson that honesty is the best policy. Ure comes from a poor but honest family, and works as a houseboy to pay his own school fees. Towards the end of his primary school days he is accused of stealing money. He is saved by the well-placed total trust of his parents and his teacher

WITHOUT A SILVER SPOON: Written by Eddie Iroh. Tells the story of  Ure, a boy from a poor family who in order to continue his schooling becomes the houseboy of a teacher. He meets new people and makes new friends and learns several lessons along the way especially when he is accused of a crime he did not commit. The major moral lesson in the book is that honesty is the best policy. It is a really interesting and funny book.