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The young readers' edition of the true story that inspired Lion, the major motion picture starring Dev Patel, David Wenham, Rooney Mara, and Nicole Kidman. When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. When…
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Editions
12 editions- Audiobook · English · 2016Blackstone Audio, Inc. · 9781470863210
- Paperback · English · 2016Penguin Canada · 288 pages · 9780735233690
- Paperback · English · 2016Berkley · 288 pages · 9780399584695
- Other · English · 2017Penguin Random House · 272 pages · 9780143786504
- Other · English · 2017Penguin Young Readers Group · 9780425291764
- Other · English · 2017Penguin Random House · 256 pages · 9780143784760
Intercountry adoptionAdopted childrenEast indians, foreign countriesAustralia, biographyIndia, biographyIndia, description and travelBirthparentsParent and adult child
