Tara Sullivan
Hardcover | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 4.2 | 1928 Users | 371 Reviews
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| Title | : | Golden Boy |
| Author | : | Tara Sullivan |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | June 27th 2013 by G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Realistic Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Africa. Adventure. Survival |
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A shocking human rights tragedy brought to light in a story of heartbreak and triumph.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 and his family journey across the Serengeti. His aunt is glad to open her home until she sees Habo for the first time, and then she is only afraid. Suddenly, Habo has a new word for himself: Albino. But they hunt Albinos in Mwanza because Albino body parts are thought to bring good luck. And soon Habo is being hunted by a fearsome man with a machete.
To survive, Habo must not only run but find a way to love and accept himself.
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| Original Title: | Golden Boy |
| ISBN: | 0399161120 (ISBN13: 9780399161124) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.SullivanStories.com |
| Literary Awards: | Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2016) |
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Ratings: 4.2 From 1928 Users | 371 ReviewsDiscuss Out Of Books Golden Boy
How is it that a novel that illustrates a brutal practice can be one of triumph and hope? How can one recommend a book about human poaching to children?Easy. Just read Tara Sullivan's GOLDEN BOY and you'll see.In this stunning debut novel, Habo is a 13-year-old Tanzanian boy with albinism. As such, he is in constant danger, because witch doctors in that country pay top dollar for body parts of such people. And Habo is hunted by just such a poacher. Habo's journey from frightened child to a boyThirteen-year-old Habo lives in a northern Tanzanian village with his family. He goes to school, he tends the familys goats, but he is not like everyone else. Habo has yellow hair, light eyes and white skin, skin whiter than even that of the white man who often comes on safari through his village. Habo is an albino. When his family is forced to leave their small village farm and travel to Mwanza to live with Habos aunt they have no idea the danger that surrounds them. In the big city, albinos
From a National Geographic article on 10/11/2013:Last month, a United Nations report on albino persecution put Tanzania at the top of a list of African nations -mostly in East Africa- where albinos are targeted for murder. "In most of the cases documented, the attacks involved dismembering the victim's limbs and resulted in death", the report said. "In a few other cases, the victims were beheaded; genitals, ears, and bits of skin were removed; tongues were cut out and the eyes and the heart
This book really shows you the meaning to be afraid. Being hunted down through your every day life and watching everywhere as you live. This book brings awareness to how Albinos are hunted and slaughtered in this country and some people just can't live the normal lives like others.
That would be 5 stars times 2. This would be a 10 star book for me. Perhaps I should give less 5s and then a 5 would have more meaning. If reading a book was sinful then this book was tempting 24/7 until it was finished. So the question is why such a compelling read? There are some personal reading preferences factors: Adventure/Survival is one of my favorite genresAfrica intrigues me as a settingBut what would this book mean for others? Let's start with raising awareness of injustice. In this
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