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Brierley, Saroo,

Lion : a long way home / Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose ; edited by Nan McNab. - Penguin readers - xi, 239 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm

Five-year-old Saroo gets on the wrong train in India and is taken thousands of miles to the city of Kolkata. After monhs of living on the streets, he is adopted by a famiy in Australia. Many year later, Saroo decides to try and find his Indian family.

ISBN: 9780241553343

LCCN: 2017288411

Subjects--Personal Names:
Brierley, Saroo--Juvenile literature.
Brierley, Saroo--Family--Juvenile literature.
Brierley, Saroo--Travel--India--Juvenile literature.
Brierley, Saroo.
Brierley, Saroo.--Family.
Brierley, Saroo.--Travel--India.
Brierley, Saroo.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
East Indians--Australia--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Adopted children--Australia--Tasmania--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Birthparents--Identification--India--Juvenile literature.
Intercountry adoption--Australia--Tasmania--Juvenile literature.
Intercountry adoption--India--Juvenile literature.
Adoption--Australia--Tasmania--Juvenile literature.
Adoption--Australia--Tasmania.
Intercountry adoption--Australia--Tasmania.
Intercountry adoption--India.
Adopted children.
Adoption.
Birthparents--Identification.
East Indians.
Families.
Intercountry adoption.
Travel.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Hobart (Tas.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Kolkata (India)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Kolkata (India.)
Hobart (Tas.)
Australia.
India.
India--Kolkata.
Tasmania.
Tasmania--Hobart.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.
Biography.
Juvenile works.
Biographies.
Literature.

LC Class. No.: CT2808.B67 / A3 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 362.73409946 B