num_pages: 209
description: From the acclaimed author of Bilal's Bread comes this unflinching portrait of an American-Thai young man struggling with his sexual identity.Isa is the product of a GI from Kansas City and a prostitute mother, and Thai society can be cruel to those not of pure breeding-they are called "bird-shit" foreigners. Tossed out by his family, the struggling gay teen learns to live on the street with a local gang before ultimately finding refuge with a local clergyman and his family. Beautifully written, evocative of setting, here is fiction that truly touches the heart.
language: English
title: Adventures of a Bird-shit Foreigner
titlecomplete: Adventures of a Bird-shit Foreigner
genres: Fiction, LGBT, Queer Lit, Young Adult
ratings_count: 28
publisher: Alyson Pubns