Ebook: A Chance in the World (Young Readers ): An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home
Author: Steve Pemberton
- Tags: Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Multi-Cultural Sociology JNF007050 JNF019050 JNF053160
- Year: 2021
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Language: English
- epub
No matter how broken our past or great our misfortunes, we can create a new beginning and build a life of love and kindness.
Taken from his mother at age three, Steve Klakowicz lives in the clutches of a cruel foster family. He finds his only refuge in a box of books given to him by a kind stranger, books that take him to new worlds he can only imagine. He begins to hope that one day he might have a different life.
As he grows, Steve is determined to unravel the mystery of his origins and find his birth family. A light-skinned boy with blue eyes, a curly Afro, and a Polish last name, he embarks on an extraordinary quest for his identity, armed with only one clue. Yet nothing is as it appears.
In this inspiring and harrowing memoir, A Chance in the World teaches children:
This new youth adaption, written for 8 to 12 year-olds, shares Steve's journey with sensitivity, honesty, and hope. Adapted from the USA Today bestselling memoir, A Chance in the World.