A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and. Then it became the New York Times bestseller and 1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. Little Lion: A long way home not only brings this story to life for a younger set of readers and makes the genre of memoirs and true stories a little more accessible to this age range. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family. Author: Brierley, Saroo Format: Book 261 pages, 16 pages of plates : colour illustrations. This is a story of hope and perseverance made accessible to a younger audience through picture book form. Available in the National Library of Australia collection. When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost birthplace half a world away, his story made global headlines. Now its Lion, the major motion picture starring Dev Patel. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope. Then it became the 1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. The sense of place is evoked realistically, as are the emotions of the characters. 'A Long Way Home' is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. A Long Way Home is a real life incident about a boy(the author himself) who was lost at the age of five and found his family twenty-five years later with. Whatley’s illustrations, ranging from small black and white vignettes to large colour illustrations, portray Saroo’s journey and life in a realistic and heartfelt way. While growing up in a loving household Saroo never forgets his family and after many painstaking hours using Google Earth, he eventually locates his hometown. He then travels to Calcutta, as it was known then, by train after falling asleep in an empty carriage, waiting for his big brother.Īfter sleeping on the streets, he is rescued and taken to an orphanage, where he is adopted by a couple in Tasmania, Australia. Beginning in India when Saroo was a little boy, we meet his family and learn what his life was like, harsh and poverty stricken, but happy. His account of this experience was published in 2013 in the book, A. With a long written text, Saroo’s story is illustrated with Whatley’s exquisite illustrations. At the age of 30 he was reunited with his biological mother after many years of searching. The well-known story of Saroo Brierley’s long search for his family and his home town is now available in picture book form for young readers.
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