Castaway Kid: One Man's Search for Hope and Home (Paperback)

Author: R. B. Mitchell
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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781589974340
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Publish Date: 5/1/2007
Buy.com Sku: 203966810
Item#: RKG643
Buy.com Sales Rank: 8679
Dimensions (in Inches) 8H x 5.25L x 0.5T
 
Mitchell is one of the last lifers raised in an American orphanage. Left by a dysfunctional family in an Illinois childrens home, he grew up with kids who were not friends but rather co-survivors. After becoming a Christian as a teenager, Mitchell found what he was looking for--home and family--in a relationship with God. (Motivation)
 
 
 
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Chapter One

Cast Away

Dim, fuzzy images form most of my early childhood memories. But one is clear and sharp.

Fear burned it permanently on my three-year-old brain.

Mother and I are standing in front of a large building. Piles of snow line the sidewalk.

"C'mon, Robby," Mother says as she drags me up the steps to the front door. "They're waiting for us."

Soon we're staying in a strange bedroom. I don't know why. Eerie sounds and shadows keep me whimpering when I wake during the night. Mother shushes me.

A loud bell rings and wakes us up. The sun is shining and the scary shadows have disappeared. Unfamiliar sounds from last night change to running feet and laughter.

We eat breakfast in a big room with lots of kids, but they don't seem to see us. When we finish, Mother takes me upstairs. A nameless lady in a long, dark dress meets us.

"Why don't you go over there

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