The Orphan Keeper

Have you ever read a book that left you speechless? It was so mind-blowing that you almost can't even process it? That's how 'The Orphan Keeper' by Camron Wright was for me. It's hard to wrap my mind around the fact that this book is based on a true story. That the events in this novel actually took place. I can't say enough good things about this book. It takes you on quite the journey with the highest of the highs and the lowest of the gut wrenching lows. Please open this book. I can guarantee you won't want to put it down.

Chellamuthu  is a young boy living in poverty in India. He is rambunctious, full of life, rash, wild, and a little disobedient as most youngsters are. He longs for things like playing in the wealthy children's park, eating ripe mangos, and proving to the other kids that he is big and tough. One day he is waiting for his father when an older boy lures him into his own kidnapping. He is placed in a Christian orphanage that he can't escape from and is eventually adopted by an unsuspecting family in the United States. Chellamuthu finds himself in a foreign country where he doesn't speak the language, has new parents and new siblings, and is thousands of miles away from his own loving and worry stricken mother. By the time he learns enough English to tell his adopted parents that he actually has a family back in India, they are shocked and do everything in their power to find his family, but with very little luck. 

This novel is a story of endurance, strength of families, and hope. It is sure to touch your heart and bring forth more empathy then you ever knew you had.