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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:

  • to begin each day with hope
  • that there is goodness in the world, and it is possible to be a beacon of light for others
  • that they can o

A Chance in the World Young Readers Edition

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    A Paperback / softback by Steve Pemberton

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      Publisher: Tommy Nelson
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 27/05/2021
      ISBN13: 9781400225149, 978-1400225149
      ISBN10: 1400225140

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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:

      • to begin each day with hope
      • that there is goodness in the world, and it is possible to be a beacon of light for others
      • that they can o

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