A Long Way Home
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Publication Year
2014
ISBN
9781683244011
Pages
271 pages
Genre
memoir
Format
full length
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
An account of the author's inspirational effort to find his India birthplace describes how he was accidentally separated from his family in the mid-1980s, his survival on the streets of Calcutta, his adoption by an Australian family, and his headline-making Google Earth search.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
1090L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Single parent; Separation; Language barrier; Homelessness; Poverty; Multiracial; Race discrimination; adopted child; adoptive family; adoptive mother; adoptive father; adoptive brother; single mother; separated parents; communication barrier; homeless child; displaced; refugee; living in poverty; impoverished family; impoverished parents; impoverished child; starvation; financial hardship; begging; poor; multiracial family; multiple races; skin color; prejudice
Main Character
male child; male teenager; adult male
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Indian)
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father
Keywords
India; Hindu; Muslim; Calcutta; brother; siblings; train; survival; New Zealand; Google Earth; Austrailia; Tasmania; orphanage
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Brierley, Saroo, "A Long Way Home" (2014). Diverse Families. 1849.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1849