A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, A Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home

?Pemberton?s beautifully told story is a rags to riches journey-beginning in a place and with a jarring set of experiences that could have destroyed his life. But Steve?s refusal to give in to those forces, and his resolve to create a better life, shows a courage and resilience that is an example for many of us to follow.?-Stedman Graham, author, educatorHome is the place where our life stories begin.  A Chance in the World is the astonishing true story of a boy destined to become a man of resiliencedeterminationand vision.Down in the dank basement, amidst my moldy, hoarded food and beloved worm-eaten books, I dreamed that my real home, the place where my story had begun, was out there somewhere, and one day I was going to find it.Taken from his mother at age three, Steve Klakowicz lives a terrifying existence. Caught in the clutches of a cruel foster family and subjected to constant abuse, Steve finds his only refuge in a box of books given to him by a kind stranger. In these books, h