Trophy Kid (18 page)

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2008 by Steve Atinsky

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Atinsky, Steve.
Trophy kid, or, How I was adopted by the rich and famous / Steve Atinsky.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Since his much-publicized adoption at age three by American movie stars, thirteen-year-old Josef’s carefully scripted public life has hidden the isolation he feels at home, but writing a book with a ghostwriter reveals much about his adoptive family and the one he lost during the war in Croatia.

[1. Family—Fiction. 2. Authorship—Fiction. 3. Orphans—Fiction. 4. Adoption—Fiction. 5. Celebrities—Fiction. 6. Family life—California—Fiction. 7. Croatian Americans—Fiction. 8. Bel Air (Los Angeles, Calif.)—Fiction. 9. Dubrovnik (Croatia)—Fiction. 10. Croatia—Fiction.] I. Title. II. Title: Trophy kid. III. How I was adopted by the rich and famous.

PZ7.A8575Tro 2008
[Fic]—dc22
2007030270

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