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Name: The orphan keeper
Author: Camron Steve Wright

📘 The orphan keeper by Camron Steve Wright

When nine‑year‑old Chellamuthu is taken from his village in Southern India, he is sent to the Lincoln Home for Homeless Children in America. Though convinced he will be adopted by a loving family, the boy struggles to reconcile his past from the orphanage with the alien culture and language surrounding him. As the years pass, he takes on a new identity, Taj Khyber Rowland, and eventually learns about his origins and adopts a new family. The story traces his journey back to his roots and the truth about his disappearance.

First publish date: 2016

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Camron Steve Wright

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