His Illegal Self
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Seven-year-old Che Selkirk was raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother. The son of radical student activists at Harvard in the late sixties, Che has grown up with the hope that one day his parents will come back for him. So when a woman arrives at his front door and whisks him away to the jungles of Queensland, he is confronted with the most important questions of his life: Who is his real mother? Did he know his real father? And if all he suspects is true, what should he do? In this artful tale of a young boy's journey, His Illegal Self lifts your spirit in the most unexpected way.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Book Details
First Published
2008
Pages
288 pages
Rating
3.0 / 5
Ratings
2
Editions
21
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language
ENG
Status
Published
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