Little Orphan Boy

A little book with a big heart, this is about a boy with a big problem. He is a full time orphan, and part time foster child, whose life is filled with climactic turmoil, where all seems lost.

A little book with a big heart, this is about a boy with a big problem. He is a full time orphan, and part time foster child, whose life is filled with climactic turmoil, where all seems lost.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic story.

He no longer had his mother’s loving arms nor his grandfather’s strong hands, but the Christian Children’s Home, with its routines, consistency and Christian ideals, gave little Jimmy Brown the security that one needs to become a successful and happy adult. For many children, the orphanage in Holdrege, Nebraska served as a refuge from abuse, no child should have to endure. Little Jimmy Brown, The Orphan Boy is an inside look into growing up in an orphanage. Jim Brown asks you to consider his memoirs in the important debate over which is better for children - orphanages or foster care? Little Jimmy was left in the orphanage's care at the age of three. For him, the hundred and one boys and girls became his brothers and sisters, the matrons and superintendents his only adult contact with the orphanage as his home.

One after the other, a young couple dies, leaving behind a toddler called Somayina. At age seven, this adorable little orphan is returned to the village, to live with his father's mother. Everyone is afraid of this weird, old woman, but Somayina is fascinated by her unkempt hair, bushy grey eyebrows and overgrown nails. He loves his life with his grandmother. He plays in the sunshine, growing up amongst the goats and birds. But this fantastic life is cut short. Like a fish from the river, he was removed from his grandmother and made to live with strangers. He can't fit into city life; he is missing his grandmother so much. Will he ever find his way back to his grandmother in the tranquil hilly village? As the little orphan muses over all these in heart, something strange happens that gets him even more confused.