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The Orphan Boy

by Tololwa M. Mollel · 1990

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Seaching the sky for a familiar star, an old man encounters a mysterious boy, Kileken. As he comes to love the boy as a son, he agrees to let him keep the one thing he owns: a secret.

Genre
folkloremyths and folklore
Themes
diversity
Setting
1990sAfrica
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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