Coram Boy Jamila Gavin

Coram Boy

by Jamila Gavin

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Table of Contents

Overview

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About the Author

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Setting

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Themes and Characters

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Literary Qualities

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Social Sensitivity

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Topics for Discussion

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Ideas for Reports and Papers

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Related Titles / Adaptations

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For Further Reference

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Copyright

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Overview

Winner of the 2001 Whitbread Award, Coram Boy relates the intertwining stories of Meshak Gardiner and

Alexander Ashbrook, two young men of different abilities and backgrounds who nonetheless find their fate

inextricably linked. Meshak, the mentally handicapped son of Otis Gardiner, helps his father dispose of

unwanted