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He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered best for only two books. Hope s boy from the moment he was born, andrew bridge and his mother hope shared a love so deep that it felt like nothing else mattered. Alex kotlowitz, author of there are no children here and the other side of the river. Hopes boy is his story, a story of endurance and the power of love and, most of all, of hope. Includes bibliographic data, information about the author of the ebook, description of the ebook.
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