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Author
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
Description
This is the miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home, but an identity long-since left behind. At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last name, he survived alone for weeks on the rough streets of Calcutta before ultimately being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia....
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Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last name, he survived alone for weeks on the rough streets of Calcutta before ultimately being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. Eventually, with the advent of Google Earth, he had the opportunity to look for the...
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Young readers' edition.
Lexile measure
1040L
Physical Desc
xi, 239 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes how the author was accidentally separated from his family and home in India as a child, how he survived as an orphan in Kolkata, his adoption by an Australian family, and his search for his biological family as an adult.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Berkley trade paperback edition.
Lexile measure
1090L
Physical Desc
8 books (273 pages) in a cloth bag ; (40 x 49 cm) + 1 folder
Language
English
Description
A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title, that may also include a folder.
Born in a poor village in India, Saroo lived hand-to-mouth in a one room hut with his mother and three siblings... until at age five, he mistakenly boarded a train by himself, and ended up in Calcutta, all the way across the country. Uneducated, illiterate, and unable to recall the name of his hometown, he managed to survive for weeks on that city's rough streets. Soon...
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