description: Seaching the sky for a familiar star, an old man encounters a mysterious boy, Kileken. As he comes to love the boy as a son, he agrees to let him keep the one thing he owns: a secret.
language: English
title: The Orphan Boy
titlecomplete: The Orphan Boy
genres: Childrens, Africa, Picture Books, Folklore, Cultural
ratings_count: 80
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award, name: Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award
category: Illustration, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Children's Literature — Illustration
publisher: Oxford University Press