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Tara Sullivan - Golden Boy - 9780142424506 - V9780142424506
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Golden Boy

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Description for Golden Boy Paperback. Thirteen-year-old Habo has always been different - light eyes, yellow hair and white skin. Habo is strange and alone. His father, unable to accept Habo, abandons the family; his mother can scarcely look at him. His brothers are cruel and the other children never invite him to play. Only his sister Asu loves him well. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Thirteen-year-old Habo has always been different - light eyes, yellow hair and white skin. Not the good brown skin his family has and not the white skin of tourists. Habo is strange and alone. His father, unable to accept Habo, abandons the family; his mother can scarcely look at him. His brothers are cruel and the other children never invite him to play. Only his sister Asu loves him well. But even Asu can't take the sting away when the family is forced from their small Tanzanian village, and Habo knows he is to blame. Seeking refuge in Mwanza, Habo ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Puffin Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780142424506
SKU
V9780142424506
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Ref
99-15

About Tara Sullivan
Tara Sullivan (www.tarasullivanbooks.com) lives in Malden, Massachusetts. This is her first novel.

Reviews for Golden Boy
"Readers will be caught by the contemporary story of prejudice, both unspoken and violent, as tension builds to the climax."— Booklist "A moving novel that explores finding the worth of an individual as they see themselves, not as the world sees them."—VOYA ★ "A riveting snapshot of one Tanzanian boy who makes himself matter."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★ “Readers ... Read more

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