I have to admit that breaking tradition I watched the movie first and it got me interested in the book.
Based on a true story of a 5 year old boy in India who got lost on a train not knowing how to read or write, how he got adopted by a family in Australia and how in his twenties and the invention of Google earth he found his way home.
This is one of those heartbreaking stories of lost children. You really feel for his brother who originally took him along to the train station and also for his adoptive mom Sue who really took him in and loved him as her own son (incidentally she also wrote a book about the experience from her point of view and about her upbringing - Lioness by Sue Brierley).
100% worth the read AND watching the movie.
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