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Golden boy by tara sullivan 2016 illinois rebecca caudill young readers book award nominee. Thirteenyearold habo is sometimes called ghost boy by the kids at school. This haunting documentary touched a nerve and sent me down the path of writing golden boy. Light eyes, yellow hair and white skin habo is an albino, strange and alone. Habo is thirteen years old his family is po5and people dont like him because of. Readers will be caught by the contemporary story of prejudice, both unspoken and violent, as tension builds to the climax. He lives with his mother, older sister, asu, and two brothers in a small tanzanian village. Kirkus, school library journal a junior library guild 20 spring selection an abc summer new.