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999			_c187 _d187
003			OSt
005			20190731095613.0
008			150928s2015 onc d 000 f eng d
020			_a9781459729315
040			_aCaOONL _beng _cCaOONL _dCaOAUW _dCaNSH _dCaOL _erda
082			_aFIC POW
100	1		_aPowell, Kelley, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe merit birds / _cKelley Powell.
264		1	_aToronto : _bDundurn, _c[2015]
300			_a238 pages ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier.
520			_a"Eighteen-year-old Cam Scott is angry. He's angry about his absent dad, he's angry about being angry, and he's angry that he has had to give up his Ottawa basketball team to follow his mom to her new job in Vientiane, Laos. However, Cam's anger begins to melt under the Southeast Asian sun as he finds friendship with his neighbour, Somchai, and gradually falls in love with Nok, who teaches him about building merit, or karma, by doing good deeds, such as purchasing caged "merit birds." Tragedy strikes and Cam finds himself falsely accused of a crime. His freedom depends on a person he's never met. A person who knows that the only way to restore his merit is to confess."--From publisher.
650		0	_aCanadians _zLaos _vFiction.
650		0	_aKarma _vFiction.
650		0	_aJudicial error _vFiction.
651		0	_aLaos _vFiction.
942			_2ddc _cFIC