Joel gets laid off from Flamingo Textiles Factory. As he wanders around looking for a job, his wife, Khagesa, continues selling fried fish. Zeki, his son, makes friends with a streetboy. The streetboy teaches Zeki how to swim while Zeki teaches the streetboy how to write. Joel decides to move his family to the countryside where life is more affordable. Then, he goes back to the city in search of a job. His family slowly adjusts to life in the countryside. 

The Forgotten Home is one of the stories in a series of six supplementary class readers to be used with Keynote English, our rewarding Primary English course designed for the new syllabus. The class readers will be useful with any coursebook, and can also be read for pleasure outside the classroom setting.