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02057aam a22003138a 4500 001 9143C28CDC6711E1B778E7E06AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 111122s2012 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2011044748 020 $a 030738215X 020 $a 9780307382153 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d SILO 050 00 $a PS3620.O92 $b E94 2012 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Toutonghi, Pauls. 245 1 $a Evel Knievel days : $b a novel / $c Pauls Toutonghi. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Crown, $c c2012. 263 $a 1210 300 $a 293 p. ; $c cm. 650 0 $a Egyptian Americans $v Fiction. 520 $a Khosi Saqr has always felt a bit out of place in Butte, Montana, hometown of motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel. Half-Egyptian, full of nervous habits, raised by a single mother, owner of a name that no one can pronounce -- Khosi has never quite managed to fit in. But when a mysterious stranger arrives in town (and Khosi's longtime love uses Butte's annual festival, Evel Knievel Days, as a time to announce her impending marriage to someone else), Khosi takes his first daredevil like risk, and travels to Egypt to find his father -- and a connection to his heritage. What he discovers, in Cairo, is much more startling than he'd imagined it could be. The city is a thrilling mix of contradictions -- and locating his father turns out to be the easy part. Through mistaken identity, delicious food, and near tragedy, Khosi and his parents rediscover what it means to be connected to each other, to a family, and to a culture. The timely story of a young man searching for his roots, and along the way finding his identity, Evel Knievel Days is KhosiÌs charming and funny journey to learn where he came from, and who he is. 941 $a 4 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006063449.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720041128.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171222043014.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20120802010935.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9143C28CDC6711E1B778E7E06AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search