March 31, 2011
“You should read this book. Remember when someone put The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in your hand and said that, and you thought “but I don’t read books like this?” Conor Grennan went to Nepal as a volunteer because it would impress his friends and family. His plan was demolished as he was literally bombarded by joyful boys the moment he stepped through the gate at Little Princes orphanage. The children were given up by parents who believed the boys could have a better life away from the political chaos and military battles in their valley, but they were sold as slaves, lost or hidden by traffickers. Humor, suspense, heart-rending personal tales, triumph, chaos, bureaucracy . . . It’s all here. You should read this book.”—Becky, Vintage Books, Vancouver, WA