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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…
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19 editions- Paperback · English · 2009Vintage Canada · 288 pages · 9780307356574
- Audiobook · English · 2008Blackstone Audio Inc. · 9781433209208
- Hardcover · English · 2008Knopf · 288 pages · 9780307263728
- Audiobook · English · 2008Blackstone Audio Inc. · 9781433209215
- Ebook · English · 2008Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9780307268549
- Other · English · 2015Penguin Random House · 288 pages · 9780143573296
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