Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It includes novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series is extensive and open-ended, and provides school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread. It also includes writing in English from various genres and differing times. "Children of the Dust" by Louise Lawrence is edited by Ron Middleton, Wargrave Piggott School, Reading.