Emmanuel Kelly ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-) 2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Iván’s secret is that

This bridge rests upon two

me suministró agua y me cortó las ramas secas para que pareja de jilgueros construyese su nido en mí

El niño con piernas en forma de corazón se comunicaba con ese lenguaje tan especial: el que nace del interior

Emmanuel Kelly ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-) 2007 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleSilver Medal at the 2019 International Latino Book Awards. Inspired by a true story, Emmanuel, born without arms or legs, finds his way to happiness through his love for music. Emmanuel Kelly was born and abandoned into war torn Iraq. Two nuns found him, a tiny baby without feet or hands, in a shoe box in park where his parents left him. They decided to name him Emmanuel and raise him at an orphanage, where the little one met another child like him