Shantytown Kid: Le Gone Du Chaaba by Azouz Begag

Shantytown Kid: Le Gone Du Chaaba

Azouz Begag with Alec G. Hargreaves (Translator), Naima Wolf (Translator)

212 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced
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One day an illiterate Algerian immigrant in Lyon gave his son, Azouz Begag, a book, saying, "This book is a bird." How Begag took flight on the wings of learning is one of the stories that unfolds in this captivating autobiographical novel of grow...

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Community Reviews

3.45
based on 33 reviews

Moods

reflective: 100%

inspiring: 66%

challenging: 33%

Pace

33% of readers chose fast
66% of readers chose slow
fast
slow

Plot or character driven?

100% of readers chose Character
Character

Strong character development?

33% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
33% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

33% of readers chose Yes
66% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Diverse cast of characters?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus?

33% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
33% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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